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His special powers don’t fit in with the facts of current science. Who cares if eagles have amazing vision and dogs can sniff out cancer? It suits people to think animals are dumb! It means they can do cruel and revolting things to animals, totally ignoring their point of view.
For me to be in this situation, Saffron thought, is crazy ... unbelievable ... the whole thing's just a crash course on life. I'm never going to trust shallow, greedy, selfish, narrow-minded people anymore ... at least, not just because they are in positions of power. But there are plenty of genuine people out there who aren't in it for power or money. It's amazing how, when things seem at their worst, so many people still want to help me.
Sound jolted her out of her reverie. An extremely loud mobile-ringtone, dance-party mix assaulted her ears.
‘Mo-BO! Oi! QUIT IT!!’ she demanded.
‘Uh-oh! Uh-oh! - sorry - sorry my friend ... Volume control required - adjustment in progress ... Hello, hello Ronnie.’ As he talked his voice got gradually softer and he fluttered over to take his usual seat on her wrist.
‘Hi Mobo, you seem cheery today,’ she said with a slightly sulky tone to her voice. What right did the little twerp have to be so damned cheerful when everything seemed to be going so wrong? As far as Saffron could tell his home was about to be destroyed and his family to be murdered!
‘It was so scary last night at the dance, those people - the ones on the phone - I heard them plan it!