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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)
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