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Becky wished the boy would stand up for himself and
demand the blades back. But he did nothing. Absolutely
nothing. He just sat there reading his book.
“Hey! What’s...?”
Helen suddenly lurched forward.
“Take them off, Helen!” Becky shouted. “For
goodness sake give them back!”
She’d had enough of Helen. Who wanted a bully for a
friend?
“I can’t!” Helen screeched. “They’ve gone weird!”
She zoomed out into the road. Two buses blasted
their horns at her.
“Helen!”
“I can’t help it! It’s these blades! They’re doing this!
They won’t stop! They’ve got a spell on them or
something.”
She was spinning on the spot - so fast that Becky felt
sick watching. Then suddenly it looked as though
something was tugging her backwards. Screaming, arms
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