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enough to know that the next pedestrian

crossings were more than ten minutes away

and it would be easier and quicker if he

quickly crossed the road from where he was

now. He looked both ways and the road wasn’t

very busy, it was also only six o’clock in the

morning and the traffic tended not to appear

until at least seven in the morning so Sam

started to cross the road wishing for his bed.

He had got two thirds of the way across the

road when he suddenly heard the sound of a

vehicle’s breaks pressed down hard with a

deafening screech. Then everything went

black.