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AN IMPORTANT LESSON

Who will save Joey?

BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEEP BEEEP! The alarm went off.

Chloe opened her eyes and looked at the clock. It was 7am – time to get ready for school. But this wasn’t an ordinary school day. It was a special day. Today, her teacher, Mrs Little-Higgins, was going to show the students in her class a film all about kangaroos. She couldn’t wait!

“Breakfast is ready Chloe, come and eat” her mother called. Chloe could smell burning toast drifting through the house followed by the piercing sound of the smoke alarm.

Her sister Brooke yelled out from her room, “Mum when are we going to get a smoke alarm that doesn’t go off when the toast burns?” as her mother reached up to switch it off.

“They work better anyway,” Brooke added.

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