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supposed to.”
Izzy shrank back in her chair a little, and Maya
winced. This was going to be a disaster.
But Poppy leaned forward, shooting Emily a
quick look. “No, Mr Finlay said anything to do with Fairtrade. We could do a project on bananas instead. Then that would be different from everyone else.”
“I hate bananas,” Emily said grumpily.
“But Izzy’s right.” Poppy looked at Emily sternly. “Everyone’s doing chocolate, so let’s be different. It doesn’t have to be bananas. I bet we could find something else. Sugar, we said, didn’t we?”
Maya shook her head, noticing that Izzy had gone pink again, but this time because she was pleased. “I don’t know. A project about sugar doesn’t sound very exciting.”
“That’s because nothing’s as exciting as chocolate.” Poppy sighed. “I’ll go home and look at what Mum’s got in the kitchen. She gets lots of Fairtrade stuff.”
“I suppose bananas would be all right if we can’t find anything else. I don’t have to actually eat the bananas, just write about them,” Emily said, but her voice was so gloomy that everyone laughed, even Izzy.
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