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The flying car
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Mr Bleezeley gives his little blue car a proud tap on the bonnet. "She may not be the Hogsnorts Express," he says, "but this fine car will have you there in a jiffy, with a fair wind."
You are in the station carpark, all standing next to the Bleezeleys' car.
"Dad's enchanted the car to be able to fly," explains Aaron Bleezeley, "so in theory we should be able to follow the train from above and get to Hogsnorts that way."
"There's just one problem though Dad," says Robert Bleezeley, the oldest child. "There's only room for four people in this car. If me, Alex, Aaron and also Arthur are going there's no room for you or Mum. We won't all fit."
"Don't worry," says Mr Bleezeley, "I'll just cast a spell on the sat nav to fly you there automatically, and then you can go by yourselves. Dad and I will stay here. Come on, in you get boys!"
Robert and Alex get in the front seats and you and Aaron in the back.
Mr Bleezeley draws his magic wand, and gently raps the windscreen: "Fly, fly, fly up high, get to Hogsnorts through the sky."
He lowers his wand and smiles at them. "That should do the trick. Stand back everyone."
"Bye bye Arthur!" shout your Dad and Evan, as the car engine splutters into life. "Good luck!"
"Bye bye Dad, bye bye Evan!" you reply as the car starts moving forward and upward into the sky. "See you later!"
You watch the ground drop away beneath you in amazement as the car roars through the air.
Turning to the boys in the car with you: Aaron, Alex and Robert you:
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