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Pet parade
‘Bring Your Pet Day’ was on. Each class had a turn on the stage in the hall to
show their pet. The day was interesting because some people had strange pets.
Sometimes, it was funny, too, because some of the pets behaved unexpectedly.
For instance, this year, Yumi wore a traditional kimono and geta and brought her
pointy-finned Japanese fighting fish. The frisky little thing surprised her by leaping
skywards from its bowl, forcing her to juggle quickly to catch it falling back down.
Not easy in geta. Spike, next to her, cradled his pet rat. It was almost as big as a
cat! He’d named it Hulk. Luckily for him, Brock and his banded boa constrictor,
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Curly, stood at the other end of the group, next to Nora. Curly was stretching out
from Brock towards her. Nora wasn’t too pleased about that and kept Rose, her
red-feathered chicken, tucked closely under her arm. Standing in the middle, Simon
wore his usual grin and wrestled to keep hold of his wriggling dachshund, Frank. As
the five displayed their pets, a duck and her three ducklings wandered across the
front of the stage.
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