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“Not really,” he said.

“And the ear muffs didn’t keep the sound

out?”

“Not really,” said Mr Brown.

“I don’t know what else to try,” sighed Mrs

Brown. “We’ve tried everything.”

It was true. Mrs Brown had come up with

all sorts of ideas to help Mr Brown sleep

during the day. Nothing worked. The

daytime was too light and too noisy. She’d

made thick curtains out of old blankets. But

they were too heavy and had fallen down.

She’d bought a CD with night owls hooting

so that it would sound like night-time. It had

given Mr Brown nightmares. She’d gone to

the library because Mr Fizz the librarian had

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