Undone (short story collection)

Undone is the seventh in a series of collections of short stories by Australian author Paul Jennings.

Unfortunately, the contract means he has to moon his principal, ruining his chances of having his painting hung in the art gallery.

One day, while trying to breed a new species of apple in honour of his dead wife, his grandson comes over and is given his home-made muesli mixed with cod-liver oil in exchange for money for the movies.

However, by leaving the oiled muesli in his mouth for too long, a plant grows on his face, which eventually produces the apple his grandfather wanted to invent.

In the dream he also finds that his mother has died and he lives with his grown up version of his little brother, who is called Simon but is nicknamed Possum.

So when the school tries to show the beetle to the authorities, the bully steals it and expresses a desire to pass it as his own discovery.

One night, the boy goes out and spends several days wandering the desert, trying to find this legendary creature.