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“Don’t worry, Squeak,” said Drew, “I’m going
to switch you off then carefully dismantle
you. You won’t feel a thing.”
Squeaked nodded but he was trembling
nervously.
Twinkle passed a large screwdriver to Drew.
Minutes later Drew unscrewed Squeak’s
head and put it gently on the workbench.
Twinkle shone a torch inside Squeak’s head, and Drew
removed several small parts to examine.
“Nothing wrong here,” said Drew. “We’ll have to open up
his back panel. Pass me screwdriver ‘number seven’ please,
Twinkle.”
And Drew was right!
Drew worked in silence, testing every part.
“Yippee!” called Squeak in his usual squeaky voice.
“Yes!” he shouted finally. “Look at this green sensor, Twinkle.
“Can’t thank you both enough,” said the Senior Squirt.
It’s overheated. Squeak probably squeaked too loudly for
too long!”
“Can you fix it?”
“No, I can’t … but I can replace it.”
Drew took another small sensor out of his tool box. “Squeak
should be talking again in minutes…”
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“We’ve got a spare sensor in case Squeak needs it,” said Twinkle.
“Might be useful,” replied the Senior Squirt. “Squeak will be making a lot of noise at his party! You will both be
coming, won’t you?”
“Definitely!” said Twinkle.
“And I could help you fix your space ship if the new part has arrived,” added Drew.
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