The aftermath of the battle.

A battle underground puts Linus at the mercy of the Evil Lord, who has quite a sharp ruler.

An army moves down cabbage road, while dark deeds are afoot in the Evil Mines of Mortar.  Torville the pigeon gets in a flap.

There are things under Linus' bed, including Ellie's scrapbook.  Nigel works out what's going on.

The sinister forest is damp and dark, and Ninjas are bad with dates.

Linus doesn't want to go on the school trip but evil forces conspire against him.

An unpleasant cloud hovers over Linus' school, which seems to have turned into the Evil Lord of Mortar's Evil Castle.  And there's a form to sign...

The morning of Linus' birthday reveals a camel, Welsh miners, a frozen woman and other assorted oddness

The day before his tenth birthday, Linus Bailey goes to school and gets into trouble