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letterbox too – just to make sure. Lizzie,

one of the carers, was there in a second

letting them in.

“Come on in, Tom and Lucy!” she smiled.

As it was Friday, Tom and Lucy went

straight to the large sitting room where

Gran would be doing her keep fit class. The

chairs had all been pushed back to the

sides as usual and the old people, kitted out

in their leggings and t-shirts were stretching

and bending and leaping around the room.

The music was loud. Tom wondered where

they got all their energy from. There was no

sign of Gran though.

They tried the next room. A smell of burnt

pancakes wafted through the gap in the

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