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He hadn't. It was fate. The box landed

            with a dull thump in the middle of my


            stomach. I struggled to sit up and clutching

            it with both hands clambered back down off


            the skip.

               “Sorry, Jake!” I said. “I’ve got it. It’s mine!”


               He only looked slightly annoyed. He

            looked mostly covered in some sort of oily


            slime that had come off the old pram.

               I put the box down on the ground and we


            both crouched in front of it. Nothing on the

            lid suggested what it might be.

               I lifted the lid. With a little shake it came


            off easily and we both stared down at what

            was inside.


               It was a cd.




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