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Brighton you get mackerel and seagulls and you might even see a seal, but he’d never seen a shark or even heard of one.
And after that every time we went in the sea he would chase me with his hands like jaws and then he would lift me on to his shoulders so the shark couldn’t get me. But to be honest I didn’t exactly think there was a shark. I just felt sure there was something hiding under the water, waiting to grab me. And even now I’m older I still believe that. Because, really honestly truly, how could anyone ever really know there isn’t?
Jam on scrambled eggs
Mimi’s got a blue ribbon tied round her finger and a flowery scarf holding up her hair. She’s about to drop a spoonful of strawberry jam on to my scrambled egg and I’m about to stop her when Mason appears in the garden. When he sees us he freezes. He’s got that look my dad calls “rabbit in the headlights” – like when the twins were caught eating a tub of ice cream under the bed.
I wave the ketchup at Mimi but it’s too late. She plops the jam on to my egg and opens the kitchen door. Mason tries to make himself invisible by standing completely
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