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Grandad slotted some sliced bread into the Automatic Breakfast

Server. The Automatic Breakfast Server was just one of Grandad’s

many inventions. Grandad might be seventy-five years old but his

inventions, which had earned him a living for many years, were still

going strong. Sometimes Grandad managed to invent quite useful

things. Like the time he’d designed a supermarket trolley with

brakes and gears. And his electric house window washers were still

selling like hot cakes.

Since Grandad had come to live with Alfie and his family in the

flat above the restaurant, he did most of his inventing in the garage.

He had turned it into a workshop. No one was allowed in Grandad’s

workshop while he was working on things. He liked them to be a

surprise and had been busy on his latest idea for about two months

now.

Ping! Ping! Ping!

The warning bell on the Automatic Breakfast Server sent Grandad

and Alfie rushing to put four plates in position on the kitchen table.

Zoom! The first slice of toast shot out and landed on the floor.

The second followed and landed in the sink. The third landed on the

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