Dirty Bertie (book)

Dirty Bertie is a short book and the first book in the series.

Recap
The story begins with Bertie eating out of Whiffer's bowl and the narrator introduces him and explains that he "used to have dirty habits".

It explains that Bertie would eat sweets from off the floor, only for Mrs. Burns to shout, "No, Bertie! That's dirty, Bertie!".

Then, it says that Bertie would pick his nose, prompting Mr. Burns to shout the same phrase.

It goes on to explain that Bertie would sometimes play with worms and slugs in the garden and Suzy would also tell him not to because it was dirty.

It then says that sometimes Whiffer would lick Bertie's face and Bertie would lick him back, so Gran would tell him off using the same phrase as his parents and sister.

Then, it explains that if Bertie saw his cat urinate on the flowerbed, he would too, prompting everybody to shout the phrase.

Bertie then gives up urinating in the flowerbed after being sprayed on by the sprinkler, playing with slugs and worms after Suzy dumps a bunch of them on his head, eating sweets off the floor because one made him nauseous, and licking Whiffer's face because of the fur, however, he still picks his nose, even sometimes eating the snot.