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just chat or play a board game, but either
way she would come at 11:00 to switch off
the lights.

The girls were thrilled to have a whole
extra hour to stay up past their usual bed
time. No one really felt like reading so,

they chatted and played the card game Uno.
Soon they started feeling really sleepy and

when mama came in at 11:00 all the girls
were fast asleep. Mama quietly switched off
the lights and left.

Another hour went by. Everything was quiet.

Even Kazoo was snoozing. Suddenly a
chilling, blood curdling scream pierced the

silence. Mama woke up with a start. The
girls were sleeping soundly and had not
heard the first scream. But the screams
continued and the girls woke up too.

"What is going on?" asked Tania

"Do you think someone is being murdered?"

asked Tanisha sounding horrified.

The girls came out of their room. Mama was
just about to open the main door, when

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