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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. But Barry's grandma has heard what they are saying, and she's not very happy! She's taught Scott Dixon a lesson, and now the children at Barry's school think his grandma is amazing!
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The next day Grandma and Barry went shopping. They took the bus into town and went to the market. Then they waited at the bus stop for the bus home.

Suddenly they heard a noise. There was a shop on the other side of the road - a jewellery shop with watches and rings and gold. A bell rang and the glass window broke. Grandma and Barry crossed the road. They saw two men with guns taking all the expensive things.

Grandma went into the shop with her umbrella. The two men saw her and laughed.
"Look at this old dear," they said. Then Grandma did a karate chop on one man. He fell to the floor. She hit the second man with her umbrella and he fell to the floor too. After three minutes a police car arrived. It took the two men away to prison.

"Thanks, Grandma," said the police officer.

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