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minutes and I’d like Poppy to have her food before the visitors arrive.”
“We have real zookeepers to do that sort of thing, you know,” Mr Pinch grumbled.
Zoe jumped up before he could say anything else.“OK, Mum,” she said.
Meep leaped on to her shoulder and stuck out his tiny pink tongue at Mr Pinch. Zoe grabbed the package and dashed outside. She sighed with relief as the door clicked shut, and set off into the Rescue Zoo. Zoe’s cottage was right at the entrance to the zoo, just inside the big gates that were decorated with all kinds of animal carvings.
The gates would soon be open, letting in a stream of visitors.The first thing they would see would be a beautiful signpost standing next to Zoe’s cottage. It was
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