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Tom jumped. It was very realistic. He
wondered which residents were hiding and
making the ghost noises.
Mr Snarling shut the door quickly.
“How many of the rooms did you say
were haunted?”
Ten minutes later they were back
downstairs and out in the garden. They’d
had a brief look at the kitchens, but Mr
Snarling didn’t like the look of the rat traps
and dead cockroach (well it was just a
plastic one, but looked very realistic
indeed). Outside, Gran explained how
some really old gardens could start to sink.
Mr Snarling didn’t like the sound of having a
sinking lawn. Then Gran told him the true
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