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A few minutes later she was standing at the bottom of

the ladder again. Uncle Mike had gone back out to his van.

She had an idea. Placing both hands on the ladder she

started to climb. Mike had left the light on and she could

see right across to the water tank.

Up in the attic it was cold. Colder than usual.

Kim crawled around and soon found what she was

looking for – an old red rug. She picked and pulled at the

threads around the edge. Next time anyone looked they

would think mice had been nibbling at the rug trying to get

pieces to line their nests. They’d have to believe there had

been mice. She could carry on tricking Jack!

But suddenly Kim saw something odd. She crawled

slowly forwards to get a better look. There was a horrible

musty smell too. Then a weird…scratching sound.

Kim gasped. What was that? There it was again. It

was coming from behind a big old box in the corner of the

attic. Something was moving. Kim wanted to turn and

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