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Speaker 1: Golden doodle doo. Cole was a golden doodle. Unlike most

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golden doodles, Cole didn't have golden fur, but instead a

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coat of black. As a puppy curled up on his bed,

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it was remarked that he looked like a lump of coal,

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and from that moment onwards, Cole was his name. Cole,

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it turned out, was a smart dog, brighter than the

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average hound, and certainly brighter than the other golden doodle

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in the house.

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Speaker 2: This was Ellie.

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Speaker 1: Ellie was just as lovable as Coal, but she was

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both clumsy and, if truth be told, a little daft. Fortunately,

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Cole was very patient with his fellow doggo He didn't

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complain when Ellie stepped in his food dish, knocked objects

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from the table onto his sleeping head, or shut the door.

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Speaker 2: On his tail. He knew she didn't mean it.

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Speaker 1: Oh boy, oh boy, it's stopped raining, barked Ellie as

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she rested her front paws on the sill of the

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front window. Cole came over to look for himself. That's good,

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he said, As out on the street a large truck

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pulled up in front of the neighbor's house. Cole cocked

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his head to one side as he observed a grumpy

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looking woman get out from the driver's side. She wore

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grubby overalls, her hair was pulled back into a ponytail,

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and there was a greasy mark across her cheek. Oh

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is that the lady, asked Ellie as she wagged her tail. Yep,

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that's her, replied Cole. They watched as she opened the

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back of the truck. She had moved in just over

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a week ago, and Cole had noticed that she would

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leave to collect a truckload of boxes every day. More boxes,

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said Cole. That house must be full of them. Maybe

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they've got treats in them, Cole said Ellie excitedly. Just

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imagine a house full of doggie treats. But she doesn't

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have a dog, pointed out Cole, not that we've seen anyway.

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Maybe the treats are for us, announced Ellie. Maybe she

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wants to make friends with us.

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Speaker 2: Cole doubted this.

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Speaker 1: He'd been on the back lawn yesterday and caught sight

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of the neighbor in her upstairs window, and all she

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had done was glare at him. I don't think so, Ellie,

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he said. She doesn't act like she wants to get

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to know us better, Ellie, Cole realized he was talking

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to an empty room. Oh now, where's she gone, he sighed.

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He found her outside by the back fence, sniffing furiously.

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What are you doing, you daff dog o, he asked,

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sniff the treats, she said, she's been putting them in

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the garage. I heard her going in and out. I'm

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sure they're not treats, insisted Cole. They might be, said Ellie,

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although all I can smell is whiffy socks. Do dog

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treats come in whiffy socks? Flavor? No, Ellie not, normally,

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smiled Cole. They heard the neighbor come marching back to

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the garage, presumably carrying another box, something she repeated another

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twenty times. At that point, they heard her close the

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garage door, and from within there came the sound of

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power tools. I'm going in, Ellie, said Cole. It's too

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noisy out here for me. You go right ahead, Cole

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replied Ellie, still sniffing. I'll be right behind you. Except

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Ellie wasn't right behind him. She didn't come in at all,

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and it wasn't until it began to get at dark

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that Cole realized he was still alone. What's that daft

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pup up to out there, he said to himself. He

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was horrified to discover that Ellie was no longer in

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the backyard, although there was a golden doodle sized hole

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right beside the fence. Oh Ellie, what have you done,

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The noise in the garage was still going on, so

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there was a chance the neighbor hadn't seen Ellie yet.

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He was going to have to fetch her back before

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she did. Taking a deep breath, Cole dived after her.

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He emerged behind a magnolia bush, which allowed him to

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look around without the risk of being seen. There was

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no sign of Ellie, but he could see the garage

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clearly now. There was a glass panel in the top

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of the door, through which light flickered then went out.

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Seconds later, the garage door swung up and the grumpy

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looking lady came out. She pushed the door back down,

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but didn't close it completely. As she made for the

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house with her back turned, she didn't see Ellie dart

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around the garage's side and squeeze through the open.

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Speaker 2: Gap, but Cole saw it all.

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Speaker 1: The trouble was with the ladies so close by, he

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couldn't call out or follow, at least not yet anyway.

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Come on, come on, Cole muttered, as the neighbor began

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fussing with some cardboard she had stacked by her back door.

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Finally she went inside. Cole broke into a run, crossing

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to the garage quickly to shuffle underneath the open door. Ellie, Ellie,

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where are you? He hissed as he stood up straight.

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The garage had been turned into a workshop, with boxes

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stacked all around the walls. Many open boxes littered the ground,

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some still containing objects, some empty, and some flattened out.

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Cole picked his way through them, sniffing the air for Ellie.

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He needed to be quick. He couldn't imagine the neighbor

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intended to be long if she had left the door open.

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Speaker 2: Ellie barked, Cole, where was she?

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Speaker 1: In the center of the garage was a machine of

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some sort. It was a wide metal ball covered in

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lumps that looked a lot like those in the boxes.

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The front of the giant metal ball was made of

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a circular glass panel like a porthole, and staring out

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from it was Ellie Cole.

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Speaker 2: She yapped happily.

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Speaker 1: Have you come to look for treats too? No, Ellie,

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I've come looking for you, he replied gruffly. Come on

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before she gets back. I can't, Cole, said Ellie, suddenly

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looking worried.

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Speaker 2: I can't get out. Well, how did you get in?

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Cole asked?

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Speaker 1: There was a door, but it closed when I touched

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a button, explained Ellie. Then press it again, Cole said urgently.

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He was worried they'd be discovered any moment.

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Speaker 2: I don't know which one it was, whined Ellie.

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Speaker 1: And there are hundreds of them in that case. Let

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me think about this, said Cole, sitting down. And don't

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go pressing anything else in case you make things worse. Oh, Cole,

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whimpered Ellie. As the metal ball whirred into life, Lights

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came on across its surface, and crablike legs appeared around

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its base. You pressed something, didn't you, barked Cole as

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he scooted backwards into a stack of boxes. The metal

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ball was walking forwards. I didn't mean to, Ellie said,

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starting to panic.

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Speaker 2: It was an accident.

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Speaker 1: In desperation, she slammed two paws down on the control

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panel in front of her. Two large metal tentacles snaked

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out of either side and slashed forward like whips, ripping

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the garage door from its hinges. Ellie yelped Cole, running

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after her. Get me out of here, the trapped Golden Doodle,

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barked as the machine scuttled into the evening air. Just

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don't press anything else, Cole barked as he dodged a

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flailing tentacle too late. Yapped Ellie as a large lump

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on the machine's top opened out to reveal some sort

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of cannon. It blasted a bloom of fire so hot

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that Cole had to shrink back from the heat. The

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blast tore into the parked truck, triggering the vehicle's alarm,

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shattering the window and igniting the roof. Cole yelped Ellie

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again as the machine continued its march forward. This was

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a disaster, thought Cole, but it soon got worse. The

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grumpy neighbor was staggering out of her back door, hands

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tearing at her hair in disbelief as her creation trashed

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her truck. She watched in horror for a moment before

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racing for the garage Cole realized that in all the chaos,

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she'd not seen his dark coat in the gathering shadows,

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and she wouldn't know that there was a dog inside

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her machine either, at least not yet. Cole ran forward,

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ducking a tentacle that was now pushing the truck out

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of the way. Ellie, quickly, just press everything, he barked.

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But you told me not to press anything, the.

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Speaker 2: Trapped dog replied.

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Speaker 1: I know I did, But we we've got to get

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you out of there, now, replied Cole urgently. The neighbor

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was returning, fiddling with what looked like a remote. Now, Ellie, now,

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he barked. Several things happened, one after the other. Firstly,

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a tremendous blast of smoke blew outwards in a billowing

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ring from the machine's base. This smoke screen was so

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thick that it instantly made it almost impossible to see

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the machine. This was followed by a sharp bang, and

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Cole caught sight of Ellie in a chair, rocketing up

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into darkening skies from the expanding smoke cloud. The smoke

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cloud overtook him, forcing him to scramble backwards.

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Speaker 2: Until he backed into the fence.

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Speaker 1: This gave him the briefest of glimpses of his neighbor

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angrily pressing buttons on her remote. As the smoke covered

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him again, the machine, somewhere at the center of the

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expanding cloud, became silent. Not wishing to be found where

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he shouldn't be, Coal scuttled along the line of the fence,

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using the smoke as cover, until he found the magnolia bush.

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Two seconds later, he was in his own backyard and

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looking skywards again for any trace of Ellie. A large,

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dark shape was drifting downwards. A parachute, barked Cole, running

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towards the front of the house. It gently set down

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the ejector's seat and its golden dudal passenger in the

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middle of the road, just as the first sirens could

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be heard.

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Speaker 2: Approaching.

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Speaker 1: You okay, Ellie, asked Cole, sounding worried. Oh that was fun,

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laughed the dog. I wish I could do it again.

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Speaker 2: Not much chance of that.

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Speaker 1: Come on, let's get out of the road, he said,

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leading the way to the cover of their own front yard.

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Neighbors all along the street were gathering in the road

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to stare at the blanket of smoke and flaming truck,

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not to mention the bizarre machine that now stood motionless.

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People backed away to let the first police cars pull up.

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Speaker 2: Am I in trouble?

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Speaker 1: Asked Ellie with a whimper, as police officers poured from

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the vehicles. I think we both might be, said Cole

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as they watched. To their surprise, though, it was the

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grumpy lady that was led away in handcuffs and bundled

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into the nearest police car. A fire truck arrived and

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tackled the flames. Then more police and a specialist crime

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team turned up.

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Speaker 2: What's going on?

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Speaker 1: Asked Missus Noakes, who lived across the street. Her question

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was directed to a police officer doing crowd control. Looks

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like we've caught the person responsible for the nationwide bank robberies,

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replied the policeman. You made the vault villain, gasped Missus Noakes.

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She'd not long ago moved in. We're thinking she must

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have moved to a new city after each robbery, said

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the policeman.

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Speaker 2: Wow, said cole By.

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Speaker 1: Now both dogs were lying on the lawn watching the

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goings on as if it was a movie. It was

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all too exciting watching the comings and goings. Our new

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neighbor was a bank robber. Ellie, so I'm not in trouble, then.

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Speaker 2: She asked, I don't think so, confessed Cole.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I think you might have saved the day.

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The policeman, having finished speaking to missus Noakes, was approaching them.

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Speaker 2: Look at you two sitting so beautifully there, he said,

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with a smile. I bet you don't.

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Speaker 1: Have a clue what all this fuss is about, do you.

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He rummaged in his pocket and pulled out a bag

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with a crushed cookie, giving a large chunk to each

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of the dogs before returning to his duties. A treat,

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said Ellie, sounding delighted. Well, I guess you've earned it,

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Cole replied with a grin.

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Speaker 3: The end, like like like like like