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“Why?”
“Didn’t our Mum tell you?” he said.
“Tell me what?”
Josh paused and then stood aside.
“You’d better come and see for yourself,” he said
solemnly.
The Alien stepped into my room. She noticed that I
was in bed with a sheet over my head. I could see through
it, of course, but Arabella couldn’t see me.
“What’s up with her?” said The Alien. “Why is she
sulking in bed?”
I tried not to laugh. This had to work.
“She’s ill,” Josh said. “She’s got a horrible disease.
She’s had it for days.”
The Alien looked worried. I groaned again from under
the cover. I was very convincing.
“Can’t you give her some medicine or something?”
said Arabella.
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