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by Sue Clarke
Barry Robinson is a boy at school. Scott Dixon and his friends are not very nice to him - they've been bullying him, and saying horrible things about his grandma.
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At that moment they saw a small figure arrive at the school railings. She was dressed in black and had an umbrella. She was very small. The figure looked up and the boys saw Barry's grandma. She walked into the school yard and looked at Scott Dixon and his friend Lee.

"I've been watching you," she said.
She picked up Scott Dixon and threw him up into the air. He flew twenty metres and banged against the school wall.

"That will teach him!" said Grandma. "Come on Barry, let's go home." Barry smiled and all the other children stared in amazement. "Barry's Grandma can do anything!" they said.

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