It was a wet day and Barry was miserable. The bell rang and all the children went out into the school yard. Barry saw two boys hanging around the door. They walked up to him and pushed him.

“Look, it’s Barry Robinson,” they said.
“Give us your money or we’ll hit you.”
Barry gave them his dinner money.
“Ooo, look at little Barry” said the big one called Scott Dixon.
“How’s your grandma?” and all the boys laughed.
“Leave my gran alone,” said Barry.
“Your gran can’t do anything,” said Scott Dixon. “Everybody knows that.”
“Yes, she can,” said Barry.

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