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be almost funny. “So that’s it then,” he

thought to himself. “The only way out is

onwards. I could be stuck in here for days.”

Worries and thoughts had buzzed round and

round in his head for ages, but eventually he

had fallen asleep. It wasn’t the early morning

sun flickering through the trees and shining

down on his face that woke him. It wasn’t the

squawk and chatter of a hundred birds in the

tree tops. Jay was woken by a long fearful

sounding scream. Then he was aware of

people scuffing and running about shouting

and searching.

NOW what?

Jay sat up still wrapped in the blanket. Ella

ran over to him.

“Did you see anything?” she asked

anxiously.

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