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turned his ankle on a bag of marbles and

stubbed his toe on the dart board that was

propped up against the radiator.

“Arghhh!” He pushed back the blinds.

Daylight streamed into the room. Dad stared

up at the shelf that ran along one side of Jay’s

new bedroom. “Still got the old bottle tops

then?”

Strangely, no one else seemed interested in

Jay’s collection of old bottle tops. Suddenly,

Jay had an idea.

“I could spend the whole of today tidying

up?” he suggested.

“Nice try!” said Dad. “Today you spend the

whole day at your new school. Saturday you

spend the day tidying up.”

Jay sighed and Dad left him to get ready.

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