Chapter six in which the family history of defecting to the ‘Other Side’ is revealed, and Mother and Dad get in trouble with the school principal  Well then. Following the unexpected departure of Uncle Stan, a period of relative calm reigned in the Zhvuk household for exactly twenty-eight days until a new disaster struck. Babka Zlatka and deda Anton moved in.      ‘Only while things simmer down, a few weeks really,’ deda was at pains to explain but if the number of  suitcases were anything to go by, they meant to stay a while.      ‘The shame of it!’ babka moaned, clutching at her temples; it was enough to kill a horse.      Well, of course, there had been a teensy weensy misunderstanding, and, of course, it was all deda’s fault  but did he own up? Hardly. As usual, he blamed Uncle Bob.       Uncle Bob, deda’s youngest brother originally known as Bobesh Dribbler, began his rise to fame in...