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saw M’Bu staring at him.
He shrugged. ‘Let’s go,’ he said.
M’Bu cupped his hands. He’d spent all night working out the order of the march.
‘Blue Section bilong Uncle N’gru – forward!’ he shouted. ‘Yellow Section bilong Aunti Googool – forward! young women to safety looked a good idea on paper, but had major drawbacks after the first hundred yards.
‘Have you any idea where she lives?’ he said. ‘And is it somewhere close?’
‘No idea,’ said Gaspode.
‘She once said something about it being over a clothes shop,’ said Victor.
‘That’ll be in the alley alongside Borgle’s then,’ said Gaspode. Green Section bilong Second-cousin! Kck! - forward . . . ‘ An hour later the veldt in front of the low hill was deserted except for a billion flies and one dung beetle who couldn’t believe his luck. Something went ‘plop’ on the red dust, throwing up a little crater. And again, and again. Lightning split the trunk of a nearby baobab. The rains began. Victor’s back was beginning to ache. Carrying
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