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| Kat | an Doug luiked up thegither a |
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| Kat | read the names. ‘Hmm . . . |
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| Kat | saw that her hair wis stickin |
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| Kat | heard a whirrin soond an saw |
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| Kat | an Dina's opponents in the fi |
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| Kat | 's nixtdoor neibour, Fraser, h |
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| Kat | cudna imagine wha wid gie her |
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| Kat | smiled. ‘Braw! I cud dae wi |
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| Kat | 's maw luiked fair bumbazed, a |
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‘Afore ye gae, | Kat | ,’ said Snorl, ‘wid ye lik |
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il gaun its dinger. As afore, | Kat | cudna see ony sign o a wormho |
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‘Dinna fash, | Kat | ,’ said Doug, winkin ane o h |
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‘Dinna fash, | Kat | ,’ said Doug, sniffin an pyn |
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'Hi, | Kat | !' he said, turnin tae face he |
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‘Dinna yaise that fork, | Kat | ,’ said her dad. ‘It’s b |
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e groond gey fast, tae. Suin, | Kat | realised that tho she an Dina |
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ahint him. Saiconds later, | Kat | felt the brakes on her wormbl |
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ole an pit on her wormskates, | Kat | minded hoo lang she’d been |
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s tied in knots an, at first, | Kat | cudna work oot which legs an |
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‘Efter you, | Kat | ,’ said Doug. ‘Planet Bonn |
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On the mornin o her birthday, | Kat | woke tae find a cyberdug in h |
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That day, | Kat | cudna wait tae get hame fae t |
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her cid hae been pittin Kit-e- | Kat | doon til him, an he widnae ha |
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gain an pit it intae reverse. | Kat | felt a bittie |
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aroond Cloot wis huggin him. | Kat | an Dina had won the Perjinkia |
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s for a guid nicht’s sleep. | Kat | wis stertin tae yawn, an Doug |
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is cybertail gaun its dinger. | Kat | kent this wis a sign that Dou |
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but decided no tae ask mair. | Kat | stertit tae guddle up her pas |
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Then gien it tae tha | kat | . |
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Hey diddle diddle tha | kat | an tha fiddle |
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Doug gied | Kat | a guid luik, up an doon. ‘H |
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€˜Cooool . . . !’ exclaimed | Kat | , jist managin tae catch haud |
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‘Seeven muins!’ exclaimed | Kat | . ‘We’ve jist the ae muin |
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˜Whit’s for tea?’ speired | Kat | . |
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re ye daein, Doug?’ speired | Kat | . |
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‘Doug?’ speired | Kat | , wi a yawn. ‘Hoo mony ither |
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er wee’est muin?’ speired | Kat | . |
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wey dae ye eat it?’ speired | Kat | , pokin her finger at the rick |
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tak photies an aw?’ speired | Kat | , gey excitit. |
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Snorl shawed | Kat | a special place whaur the gro |
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'Awesome!' said | Kat | . 'Dae ye think she cud gie me |
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'I'm Kat,' said | Kat | , 'fae Scotland - on Earth. A |
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'Eh ... aw richt,' said | Kat | , tho she wisna awfie keen. |
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'Och, naw,' said | Kat | smilin, 'Jist Doug.' She clap |
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‘Oh ay, please!’ said | Kat | . ‘Dae ye hae ony spare fank |
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ch, it’s fine, Dad,’ said | Kat | . ‘I like it this wey.’ An |
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erdugs ate real food,’ said | Kat | , surpreesed. |
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missed tea back hame,’ said | Kat | , a bittie anxious. |
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. naw, that’s fine,’ said | Kat | , mair bumbazed than iver. |
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‘But, Doug,’ said | Kat | . ‘Whaur’s aw the sterrs? |
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‘Doug,’ said | Kat | a bittie fashed, ‘dae ye th |
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there, ye daft gowk,’ said | Kat | . |
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‘Um,’ said | Kat | , luikin dumfoonert, ‘we din |
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l whaur ye’re gaun,’ said | Kat | , jeeglin up an doon on the ba |
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‘I’m Kat,’ said | Kat | . ‘An this is Doug, the astr |
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hink I’ve got lost,’ said | Kat | . |
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‘Wow,’ said | Kat | . ‘Ye mean tae say that oor |
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a wee machine that luiked tae | Kat | haufwey atween a blaw-dryer a |
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luikin tunnels. It luiked tae | Kat | like a snakes-an-ladders boar |
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They seemed tae | Kat | tae be skooshin alang a muckl |
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It wis clear tae | Kat | that Doug wisna yer average c |
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s richt paw. He shawed it tae | Kat | . ‘Sax o’clock Planet Eart |
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s muin luiked gey shilpit tae | Kat | . Doug wis busy ilin his Fanke |
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,’ it said, turnin tae face | Kat | . ‘I’m jist explorin yer r |
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Doug follaed close ahint, wi | Kat | on his back, an recorded awth |
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cam fae Doug’s foreheid an | Kat | saw that ane o his antennae w |
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Whan | Kat | an Doug unsnecked the holo-do |
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Whan | Kat | keeked ootside, she had tae b |
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been knittit thegither. Whan | Kat | luiked closer, she saw that t |
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But whan | Kat | stepped through the holo-door |
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ter an saip aw ower himsel an | Kat | , follaed by a blaw-dry, polis |
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shops. Its tail wis waggin an | Kat | thocht she saw a wee door clo |
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p aff tae the richt, wheechin | Kat | ahint him. Saiconds later, Ka |
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th, they were strecht back in | Kat | ’s gairden. |
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tuck a holographic sticker on | Kat | 's airm. It said 'THINK PERJIN |
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paper an spreidin it oot for | Kat | tae see. The map shawed hunne |
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But as | Kat | bit intae her piece, a daud o |
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stin than ony o the cyberdugs | Kat | had seen in the shops. Its ta |
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aid Doug, winkin a cyberee at | Kat | . 'I'd niver hae thocht o that |
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id Sproosh, luikin strecht at | Kat | . |
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oached them. His hair, thocht | Kat | , luiked like he’d been drai |
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Ahint | Kat | were sax mair muins, each bri |
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But | Kat | 's fowerth shot skitit richt o |
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n doon on his bahoochie), but | Kat | did no bad gettin fower on he |
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ane o his cyber een tae shaw | Kat | a wee camera on the reverse. |
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‘ | Kat | , whaur are ye? Yer tea’s . |
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oondaboot, an a sign sayin ‘ | Kat | ’s gairden’. |
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‘Doug!’ | Kat | shouted, rinnin up tae meet h |
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Fowerteen: Planet Fankle.’ | Kat | wis gawkin at him. |
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‘. . . tea’s ready.’ | Kat | ’s maw wis jist shoutin fae |