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2. ’They’re too dangerous! I’ve seen kids flying up and down the roads on them’, stated Mum. ’They skate all over the footpath and bowl over nearly every pedestrian in sight.’ 3. ’It’s not fair!’ mumbled Tess. ’I’ll die if I don’t get a skateboard! Bec has one and she’s younger than me! All the cool kids have one!’
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4. ’Maybe for your next birthday!’ Mum said emphatically, ending the discussion.
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5. One Sunday afternoon, Mum and Dad paid their monthly visit to batty Great Aunt Mildred and left Tess with her brothers.
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6. ’This is the perfect chance to prove I’m old enough for a skateboard. I’ll practise while Mum and Dad are away, and master the basics before they get back. Steve and Paul always let me do what I want!’ Tess thought. 7. Before long, Tess was standing on her oldest bother’s skateboard on the footpath outside her home, feet positioned correctly, feeling very confident. Even Spot the cat came to watch.
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a speeding bullet while Tess shot backward. She landed heavily on her bottom with her left hand pressing on Spot’s tail. With immense horror, she watched Spot speed away. Her white face deepened to beetroot red as the skateboard flew in the opposite direction with Steve in hot pursuit.
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10. Spot hissed and bolted between Paul’s legs just as he was about to take a mouthful of red diet cordial. The drink cascaded down the front of his new white T-shirt; the remainder flowed onto the footpath like a sticky pool of blood. Spot, in a tizzy, dived under the outdoor table, upending it and sending a ceramic pot plant of herbs plummeting to the pavers. 11. The skateboard, meanwhile, continued onto the road towards Old Man Grump cycling back from the market with fruit and vegetables in his basket. Swerving to avoid the obstacle that had careered into his path, he upended the basket. Colourful vegetables splattered and bounced everywhere, while Old Man Grump struggled to Australian Curriculum English – Language: Text structure and organisation (Year 6)
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1. Despite all the arguments Tess put forward, her parents stubbornly refused to buy her a skateboard like her two elder brothers.