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At half past eleven a white van stopped outside the
house. It was Uncle Mike. Kim and Jack were watching
through the sitting room window.
Mum let him in.
“Hi, everyone!” said Mike. “So this is the new house.
Very nice!”
Mum told him about the strange scratching noises
that they had been hearing.
“The people we bought the house from told us they’d
had trouble with mice. They’d put traps down and caught
them all.”
“They said one was huge – white with a long grey tail!
Spooky!” Kim giggled.
“I hate it,” said Jack. “It’s scary!”
He put his hands over his ears.
“Don’t worry!” said Uncle Mike seriously. “I don’t do
traps or poison. What I do is inspect all around the house
and seal over the gaps where mice might get in. That way
they won’t try to get in and you’ll be free of them. I’ll use
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