Page 20 of The Black Flamingo

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I like when we go to Camden Market.

It’s full of crazy, colorful clothes.

We walk by the canal after,

if it’s a sunny day. But we don’t go often

because it’s far away.

Emily is going to a private school

that Mum says we can’t afford.

Callum says he doesn’t know

what school he’s going to yet.

But Callum doesn’t sing,

so he can’t come with me.

I have to audition to get in

because we don’t live close enough.

We have to take the Tube

and then the Overground to get there.

The bald man playing piano

is Mr. Evans, and the blonde

woman watching me is Mrs. Evans.

I sing, “Where Is Love?”

from the musicalOliver!

Even though Oliver sings

this song about his mum,

I sing about my dad instead.

I change “she” to “he.”

Mr. and Mrs. Evans both cry

while I sing.

I get in.

To celebrate,

Uncle B takes me

to Farnborough Airshow

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