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A Narrow Escape
men left and went back upstairs. Fortunately for
Tom the men had not spotted Buster. Once the
men had left the little dog sensing that his
master was in trouble quickly came and helped
free him. After this Tom frantically searched for
an escape. He and Buster found a window and
made their escape from the house.To their luck
they found that the rain had stopped and Tom
rushed to get his bicycle. He rode home as fast
as he could with Buster running faster. On
reaching home he immediately told his parents
everything. His parents quickly called the police
Hiya Rarhi IX IGCSE and the men were soon arrested.
One day a boy named Tom went Anya Sarbagna VI A (DS)
cycling with his dog Buster.
Suddenly, it began to rain heavily. In If I were a bird
a hurry to find shelter, Tom went into
an old, abandoned house. As he had If I were a bird,
nothing else to do, he began to I would go everywhere.
explore the old deserted house. Start at dawn,
While exploring around, he found a small hidden And back by the dusk.
trap door. He opened the door to find a staircase Play hide and seek with the
leading down. Tom wanted to find out where the clouds,
staircase led to and so ventured down with his And my shadow would swim with the fishes.
dog Buster close at his heels. At the end of the I would go around the world,
staircase there was a small room with a table in And fear no one.
the middle with some mugs and cups on it and Meet the Duke of England,
some chairs lying around. On one corner of the And the princess of Stan.
room there was a cupboard which seemed to be I would also play with the
filled with something. Tom opened the cupboard faries of the nearby land.
and found that it was full of different kind of I would meet the little people,
tools.What was strange was the fact that Of Lilliput’s.
everything in the room looked like they were just And would meet Robinson,
bought or recently used. Tom saw that at the end In his own kingdom.
of the table there was a board on the wall with a If I were a bird,
blueprint of a building attached to it. The I would go everywhere.
blueprint had some markings on it like Sreejani Chowdhury VI E (DB)
arrowheads, calculations and figures.
Suddenly, Tom heard voices coming from above
and footsteps coming closer. Tom quickly hid
behind a couch he had spotted a minute ago.
Just as he got behind it he saw two men coming
down the staircase. Tom hid quietly not daring to
breathe but, unfortunately he sneezed and was
caught.He was pulled out from his hiding place
by the two men who, bound his legs and hands
and taped his mouth to prevent him from
screaming out for help. After a few minutes the Aneek Das IV B (DB)