“Yes?!” said Barry to some of them, before realising it would take too

“Yes?!” said Barry to some of them, before
realising it would take too long to answer everybody.
“Barry!”
“We’d be great for you!”
“You’d love it at our house!”
“Come and be with us, Barry!”
And others were saying: “Here! Please! Have a
look at this!”
“Take our card!”
“Here’s our CV!! Would you mind just reading it?
Take your time!”
While they were saying these things, they were
trying to hand him bits of paper or cards. On the bits
of paper were photos of the couples, looking smart
and smiling. There was also lots of information
about each couple – where they lived and what
kind of car they owned and how much money they
earned and stuff like that – but Barry didn’t have
time to read one to the end before another was
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thrust into his hand.
“Hey! OK! Thank you, but I just need to get back
to my house!”
“No, Barry! Come and live with us at our house!”
“No, our house is much nicer!”
“We live next door to a theme park!”
“Our house is made of candyfloss!”
“That’s not true!”
“OK, it isn’t, but
we’ve got a lot
of candyfloss
under the
stairs!!”
“ What? ”
Barry said.
“Why are
you saying
all this?”
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