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Billie bet that most of her class at Chicken
Street School would be having a lie in. It
was an extra day off. You weren’t supposed
to get up early on an extra day off were
you? Not unless you had to leave early to
go somewhere really exciting. She reached
out and grabbed her hearing aid from the
bedside table and carefully popped it in
place around her right ear. Part of it fitted
behind her ear and part of it fitted inside.
“ARE YOU READY YET?” It was Mum
again. This time she sounded clearer.
“Fine, Mum!” Billie answered. “Just
getting up!”
Billie forced herself out of bed and
padded barefoot across the soft blue carpet
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