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Oxford Bookworms Starters The Fifteenth Character by Rosemary Border Read by Nick Mercer Published and copyright Oxford University Press 2000.
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Chapter 1.
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Jobs for Today Every day lots of different people come to Happy Hills,
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because there are lots of exciting things to do.
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Sally Brown works at Happy Hills in her holiday.
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She is a student and she wants to be a teacher.
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I need the money, she tells her family, and it's an interesting job.
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But she is always very tired in the evening.
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The workers at Happy Hills arrive early in the morning.
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They all wear clean green trousers and yellow shirts.
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They must smile a lot and be nice to all the visitors.
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Every morning Mr Parry puts a list of jobs for today in the workers' canteen.
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Mr Parry wears different clothes.
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His shirt is green and his trousers are white and he wears a red coat with I'm Ken Parry,
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can I help you? on his pocket.
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The visitors call him Ken, but all the workers call him Mr Parry.
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Today Sally arrives at Happy Hills at eight o'clock.
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On her shirt there is a picture of a smiling face and,
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have a happy day, in black and red writing.
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She goes to the canteen and looks for Mr Parry's list.
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What job am I doing today?
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Sally thinks.
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Am I making tea or helping in the children's playhouse? But Sally is wrong.
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The list says, Sally Brown, Connie Cat.
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Break, 11 o'clock.
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Oh no, thinks Sally.
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Nobody likes wearing the costumes.
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But at Happy Hills, the characters are very important.
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The visitors like to take photos of their children with Cowboy Joe,
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Charlie Clown, Baby Blue Eyes, Photo Phil, Big John, Connie Cat,
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Big Apple, Miss Flower, Edward Elephant and all their friends.
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Charlie always asks the same questions.
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Are you very hot in your costume?
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And how do you eat and drink?
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Edward Elephant has the best job.
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He has a bag of water under his costume.
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He can spray the visitors with water.
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And Photo Phil and Charlie Clown make everybody laugh.
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But Connie Cat cannot do that.
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She can only say, meow, to the children all day.
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Sally looks for her costume.
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A tall man in a cowboy costume is standing beside her.
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Hello, Sally, says the cowboy.
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It's me, William.
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William is a student too.
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He is Sally's friend.
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Which costume are you looking for?
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When's your break?
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Eleven o'clock.
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Me too!
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Chapter 2 Here Comes Zap It is nine o'clock.
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The doors open.
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But there are not many visitors today many visitors today.
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They all have invitations, and they show them to Mr Parry.
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A very famous man is coming to Happy Hills, so Mr Parry is very excited.
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Zap's coming today.
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He's opening the new Zappocopter, says William to Sally.
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Stop talking and do some work, says Mr Parry.
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Zap is a singer.
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Sally loves listening to his songs, and she has all his CDs.
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There is a picture of him in her room, too.
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The zappacopter is very exciting.
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People can sit in little helicopters and go up and down very fast.
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The visitors stand behind a blue rope and wait for Zap.
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Please stay behind the rope, says Mr Parry.
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Suddenly, there is a noise in the sky.
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Everybody looks up.
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It's Zap's helicopter, says William.
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The helicopter comes down, and Zap gets out.
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He smiles at the visitors.
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Oh, he's wonderful, says a young girl.
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She gives Sap a flower.
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He gives her a big smile and says, thank you.
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Sally is hot and thirsty in her costume.
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She wants to talk too, but Mr Parry is watching.
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Chapter 3.
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Zap's New Song Mr Parry takes the singer to the Zappacopter.
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Zap cuts the rope.
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Thank you, Zap.
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Now, please, can you sing for us?
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says Mr. Parry.
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OK, but the people must help me, he says.
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He begins to sing.
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Everybody knows the song and sings it with him.
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Thank you, says Zap.
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You're all wonderful singers.
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Now, look at this.
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He takes a CD out of his pocket.
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This is my new song, he says.
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Please sing it for us, say the TV men. But Zap smiles.
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No, no, you must come to my big concert next Saturday.
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He puts the CD in his pocket again.
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Now, let's go on the Zappacopter, says Zap.
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He sees a teacher with some children.
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Would they like to come too? he asks her.
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Of course, says the teacher.
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They help the children into the helicopters.
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Zap smiles and smiles.
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The photographers take lots of pictures.
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Photo Phil arrives too.
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He is one of the Happy Hills characters.
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He takes a photo of the children and sprays them with water.
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Everybody laughs.
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Zap is having a wonderful day.
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He speaks to the TV people.
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The photographers take photos of him with all the characters.
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Zap meets Charlie Clown.
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Charlie gives him a flower, and the flower sprays him with water.
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Everybody laughs.
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Sally meets Zap too, and she is very excited.
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But she cannot talk to him because she is wearing her cat costume, and Mr Parry is watching.
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Chapter 4 Where's Zap's CD?
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Come on, it's eleven o'clock, says William.
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Let's go to the canteen for our break.
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We've got ten minutes.
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They sit down in the canteen and take off their heads.
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Sally is thirsty.
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Her face is hot and red.
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William is hot and thirsty too.
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They have a long drink of cold water.
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That's good, William says.
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Then he looks at his watch.
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Ten past eleven, he says.
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Come on, Sally, back to work.
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They finish their drinks and put their heads on again.
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Suddenly, a lot of people come into the canteen.
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What's the matter? says William.
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Zap's CD! says Mr Parry.
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He can't find it!
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Everybody is unhappy.
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But Zap is angry too.
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That CD's important, Parry, he says.
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You must find it.
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I'm doing my best, Zap, says Mr Parry.
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Don't hit me, please.
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I'm doing my best.
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A lot of things happen very quickly.
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The visitors want to go home.
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But suddenly Mr Parry closes all the doors.
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Nobody can leave, he says.
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I'm sorry, but Zap's CD's very important, and we must find it.
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Mr Parry makes a telephone call.
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Very soon four police arrive in a big white police car.
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They ask a lot of questions.
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The police look everywhere for the CD.
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They read Mr Parry's list of visitors.
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They count the visitors carefully and look in all their pockets and bags.
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There is a lot of noise.
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People are angry and tired.
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They want to go home now.
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And Zap is speaking very quietly into a little black telephone.
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Photo Phil goes to him and says, Smile, please.
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Go away, says Zap angrily.
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Now the police want to talk to the workers.
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One stays with the visitors, and three police speak to the workers in the canteen.
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Zap comes with the police.
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You must find that CD, says Zap.
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We're doing our best, Zap, say the police.
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Chapter 5 The Fifteenth Character Sally waits quietly with the other workers.
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She looks at Mr. Parry's Jobs for Today list and counts the names.
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There are 29 names on the list today.
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15 people are helpers.
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They wear green trousers and yellow shirts and help the visitors.
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14 people are characters and wear costumes.
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Wait a minute, thinks Sally.
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There are fourteen characters on the list, but there are fifteen characters here.
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She reads the list again, very, very carefully.
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Edward Elephant.
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Yes, he's here.
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Connie Cat.
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That's me.
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Cowboy Joe That's William Photo Phil Yes,
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he's here Big Apple Yes Sir Laugh-a-lot And Lady Love-a-little
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Wait a minute!
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Charlie Clown isn't on the list But Charlie's here In this room Excuse me,
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Mr Parry, says Sally.
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There are fourteen characters on your list, but there are fifteen in the room now.
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Charlie Clown isn't on the list, but he's here.
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Mr Parry reads the list and counts the characters.
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You're right, Sally, he says.
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Take off your heads, Mr Parry says to the characters.
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They take off their heads.
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Charlie Clown is a woman.
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Why are you wearing that costume?
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Asks Mr Parry.
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The woman begins to run away, but William stops her.
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The police take off her costume and find a big pocket.
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In it they find Zap's CD.
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The singer smiles again.
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It is Saturday night.
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Sally and William are in London because they are going to Zap's concert.
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There are lots of excited people and TV photographers outside the hall.
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Everybody wants to hear Zap's new song. Where are your tickets?
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says the man at the door to Sally.
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We haven't got any tickets, says Sally.
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The man begins to look angry.
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Sally smiles and takes something out of her pocket. Is this invitation OK?
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It's from Zap.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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