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Then he blurted out, “Joan wants a biscuit.”

Suddenly Bobby realized that he had given away his buddy, and covered his mouth with both hands. It was too late; by now Margurita knew that Joan was not in school.

It was too late in the day to send Joan to school, but Margurita would make sure she would attend the next day.

This would not be the only time that Joan would play hooky, but that day she had been caught, and it would be a little while

before she’d try this again.

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