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Franzi the Hero Chapter 1

Franzi sat as high as he could on his “tree” and watched the proceedings. Of course it wasn’t real tree, there wasn’t room for that, but you had to make do.


It hadn’t been a good summer. The weather wasn’t quite right and there seemed to be something wrong with the people.


For one thing there were those horrible ululating sirens which seemed to panic everyone and send them running. He wasn’t quite sure where to, but they came back when the sirens sounded again, this time with a steady tone. Sometimes after the first siren men in uniform ran about with football rattles. That seemed to panic people even more. They fumbled at the boxes they were all carrying and pulled out strange masks which they fitted over their heads.


No-one seemed to pay attention to Franzi, well not after he’d ignored all attempts to get him inside.


No it was very odd. The number of school children he saw declined over the months until one day there were no children or adults only staff.


He’d slept well and expected to go out as usual. He was hungry and he liked eating out rather than staying in.


This morning though he couldn’t go outside as the door was shut and locked.


What on earth was going on. He had a major scratch and waited for Bert. He’d tell him what was up.
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