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Escape!
Ben felt hot and his throat felt dry. He gulped down
the last few drops of fruit juice that Auntie Sue had given
him.
“Are you okay, Ben?” said a voice.
Ben looked across the sitting room to where the
grown-ups were sitting and talking. Uncle Jim was peering
at him.
Ben nodded. He just felt hot and bored. Hot because it
was a sizzling summer’s day. Bored because he had been
sitting doing nothing for an hour and a half. And no one
had bothered to talk to him.
Ben’s mum laughed.
“You know what’s wrong, don’t you, Ben?” she said.
“You’ve got withdrawal symptoms.”
Uncle Jim and Auntie Sue frowned.
Mum explained.
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