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Five minutes later they found a lay-by and stopped for
a break. Mum got out her flask of coffee and Jasmine ate a
packet of crisps. When they went to set off again the car
wouldn’t start. Mum had forgotten her mobile and Jasmine
couldn’t get a signal on hers.
“How are we going to get the breakdown service
people to come out?” said Jasmine.
“We’ll have to find a phone,” said Mum. “Look there’s
an old cottage through those trees.”
“I’m not walking through there,” said Jasmine. “It
looks muddy.”
“Well you’re certainly not staying here on your own.
Come on!”
They set off through the trees. It was further than Mum
had thought and they had to walk around a field before
they finally got to the little cottage. By the time they’d
traipsed through the long grasses the noise from the traffic
had completely disappeared. Jasmine looked back.
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