‘ … escaped after scientists …’ the radio was saying. She turned it off .
BANG! She put the coffee back in the cupboard.
‘Stop it, Jo!’ shouted her mum from the sitting room.
‘You’ll break something!’
Jo called Merlin. The dog ran up to her and she put her arms round his neck.
‘I love you, Merlin,’ she said.
BANG! went the front door.
Jo walked along the road to the bus stop and then stopped.
‘Oh no!’ she thought. She remembered her English homework. It was on her bed in her room. ‘Mr Bates will kill me. I’ll have to go back. Now I’ll be late.’