Bedstraw Spat Out The Hobnob Analysis

Bedstraw spat out the hobnob. Oats, oats, disgusting oats! How could anyone eat a biscuit made from oats, when there were plenty more to choose from in the larder, like custard creams, or even a wafer. But hobnobs? They tasted like baked porridge, cold and hard, with bitty bits of oats which he found hard chew with his gums. After all, he was only six months old and he had no teeth. When he sank back in the deep, soft cushion, he screwed up his face, pinched his nose, held on to his nappy for dear life. And farted. That’s what happens when you eat too many oats!
Pignut, Eyebright and Hop sat next to him in the Chalk Pit. How long had they all been there? Was it hours? Or was it days? In front of them, Alexander strode up and down as he told