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A Figure Like That<br />

nonetheless. The other two were<br />

memorised by this magical story that their<br />

grandmother was reading to them from this<br />

ancient thing she called a paperback book.<br />

Not much long after she realised, by the<br />

end of the second chapter, that the little one<br />

had fallen asleep, so she put a book-marker<br />

at the page that they had reached, closed<br />

the book, put it down onto the coffee table<br />

to her side and stood up while still holding<br />

the little girl. She then said to the other two.<br />

“Harry and Max please go over and<br />

play with your toys in the corner while I<br />

take Sophia back to her room where she can<br />

have a little nap. I will make hot chocolate<br />

and we can play Monopoly when I get back.<br />

“Oh, goody, goody.” Max replied quite<br />

excitedly.<br />

Harry then asked hopefully. “Could we<br />

have biscuits as well granny?”’<br />

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