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were terrified of ghosts a moment ago. The 5 of us are not
scared of the mouse. So surely we can help her out, for all
she has done for us."

"I agree with Tania" Rajiv piped in. "But I also think we
should take a break and work out a plan. What we have been
doing so far, is clearly not working."

The kids realized they were frustrated and it wasn't fair to
vent it out on Tania, who had only helped them out. Tania,
for her part, apologised to Sonali for hurting her, and to
Vivek for unfairly blaming him. Exhausted the kids sat down
to take a break and think. After a few moments of silence
Sonali said "The problem is that the mouse is a quick and
tiny target. May be if we could trap it in something big,
instead of trying to catch it."

"Hmm how about a bucket? May be we can trap it inside a
bucket." Karishma suggested.

"I know. There is a big round plastic tub in the bathroom.
I'll get it." The next time the kids saw the mouse it was
poking its head out from behind the entertainment centre. As
per their plan, Rajiv banged on one end of the furniture,
forcing the mouse to come out of the other end. Their plan
worked like clockwork. Tania neatly placed the tub over the
mouse and Vivek placed a couple of heavy books on the bucket
to prevent the mouse from toppling it."

"Yes! Finally" Tania clapped Sonali on the shoulder.

"Awesome teamwork." Vivek thumped Rajiv on the back.

"What a relief!" Karishma exclaimed as she and Sonali high-
fived each other.

Nisha, Tanisha and Nikhil finally got off the table. Tania
and Sonali approached the tub where the mouse was scutling

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