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He stared at me, confused. "The tree?

You’ve seen a

I wanted to cry. I wanted to scream. I

wanted to grab my uncle by the tail and fling

him up to the moon.

Luckily, just then Benjamin arrived. “He

nee

loudly.

My uncle sniffed. “Well, why didn’t he say

so?”

did I put that key? In the kitchen, or may be

in the study, or maybe

I couldn’t take it an more. “

JUST

FIND ITI

” I s

of my lungs.

At that moment, I noticed all of the doors

to the other guests’ rooms were open.

Everyone was staring at me in horror from

their doorways.

KEYHE KE

bonsai tree?” he guessed.

ds the key to the bathroom,” he explained

he squeaked. “Now, let’s see. Where

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hrieked at the top

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