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Jake was looking at the jar, too.

“See? Get her to the audition safely and

you’ll have a present, too.”

He was right. There were forty pounds at

least in the jar. It was obviously going to be

a pretty special present.

“Let’s go!” I shouted. “Run!”

Jake and I ran hard. Up the street, round

the corner and down the alley way that was

a short cut to town. Mum and Clara had a

good start on us. They were nowhere to be

seen. Maybe they’d caught the bus. Out

into North Road we hurtled on towards the

High Street and the theatre. We had to

reach that corner before Clara. Four

minutes to go. Three minutes. Nearly there.

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