‘Luke Walker and the saved up money’ starts now!

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Chapter 7:

Luke Walker and the saved up money

Luke didn’t complain about helping Dad on the allotment because it was part of their agreement.  After he’d commandeered the vegetable patch for the damsons, Dad had made a deal with him.  He said the damsons could stay there if Luke agreed to help him every week on a new allotment.

The allotment cost Dad £80 a year, which seemed a heck of a lot of money to Luke, but Dad said it was a good deal because it gave him plenty of room to grow things – much more than he’d had in the damson patch.  It would be a lot of work so Luke had to help.  Luke thought that was fair, and earning the damsons’ keep made him feel like a bread-winner.  So everyone was happy.

On this particular Saturday he was in an especially good mood.  He had finally saved enough money to buy his bike.  The pocket money he had been given that very morning brought his total up to £100.  £100!  He had been saving for ever.  Actually, for a year.  But it felt like forever.  And now he had enough.  He could buy the bike; the blue one; the blue one he’d seen in the bike shop window; the blue one that was perfect for him; the blue one that was meant to be his.  Dad said they could go and get it when they’d done the morning’s digging and weeding.  They were going that afternoon.

After lunch Luke rushed up to his bedroom and emptied his money box.  Mum had changed his coins for notes every time he saved £10 so now he held ten crisp, or rather soft and tatty, £10 notes in his hands.  Never before had he held so much money!  He tucked it carefully into his wallet, the Batman one with the keyring attached, tucked his wallet into his front right trouser pocket, and padlocked the keyring to his belt loop.  He wasn’t taking any chances.  Then he waited in the car for Dad.

“Where have you been?” Luke asked him when he finally arrived.

“You know where I’ve been Luke.  You saw me.  You passed me, eating my lunch, on your way out to sit in the car.”

He turned the key and the engine coughed to life.  Luke could hardly contain his excitement.

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Continues tomorrow 😉

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Cakes worth waiting for

Django’s

Who ya gonna call?

Business cards and everything

This is Soren

A brilliant breakthrough

Suspicious

Sounds like swamps and elves

The last place she remembers having it

Let’s go!

Sherman & Geynes Episode 3 STARTS NOW!

One Year Later

Read all about it!

To whom it may concern

To Protect and Serve

Slippery

The chase

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So, while the rest of the wild animals hastened their escape, Venus climbed on top of the wreck.

to be continued …

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All too soon

Hot Pursuit

Upstairs and downstairs

Time’s up

Any minute now

Waiting for firemen

Keep it together!

11 minutes to go

2.55pm

And so it begins

And the Emboldening

The Shopping

The Positioning

The Timing

What Jean found out:

What Adi found out:

What Joe found out:

So, here’s what we’ve learned:

Back on terra firma

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As Venus climbed out of the tank her first thought was to share what she’d found with Adi and Jean and tell them her plan.  Her subsequent thoughts were not so pleasant.

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Ten minutes later:

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There it is!

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Finally, behind the model shipwreck, concealed from onlookers, she found it.

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Venus

Jean

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She named everyone she met and, as per Venus’s plan, noted the names and locations of everyone from this part of the world.

VEGAN COMIC FOR CHILDREN

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Adi

Dirty Secrets

87 minutes later …

Sonic Screwdriver

There’s a thought!

At the end of their shift …

And Venus was having an equally unhappy time of it:

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“Ok, well,” Carolyn smiled, “while we’re up here I want to show you the top of the tank where the divers, and the fish, go in.”

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Venus could see and hear William’s distress.  She could only imagine the misery he went through every time he was transported from Scotland to the south coast and back again.  But she couldn’t help him.  Carolyn was soon ushering them on.

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When the fish container was pulled out of the lift, Carolyn, Katie and Venus descended to the viewing gallery:

AQUARIUM FISH

to be continued ….

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Meanwhile, Adi was being shown around a different area …..

The Husbandry Volunteers

Welcome to the team