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/Shop/ in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet, there Was a lump. A lump the size of a packet of cigarettes.
“I* ve done it again!" said Eddie allgrily. "I' ve left the cigarettes under the carpet!"
He had done this once before, and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two hours. Eddie was determined that he was not going to spend another two hours in this house. He decided to get rid of the lump another way. It would mean wasting a good packet of cigarettes, nearly full, but anything was better than taking up (he whole carpet and fitting it again. He turned to his toolbox for a large hammer.
Eddie didn't want to damage the carpet itsel匚so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of the lump Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could. He kept beating, hoping Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldn' t hear the noise and come to see what he was doing. It would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpetThe lump was beginning to flatten out.
After three or four minutes, thejob Was finally finished. Eddie picked up his tools, and began to walk out to his car. Mrs. Vanbrugh accompanied him. She seemed a little worried about something.
“Young man, while you were working today, you didn' t by any chance see any sign of Armand, did you? Armand is my bird. I let him out of his cage, you see, this morning, and he* S disappeared. He likes to walk around the house, and he usually just comes back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right in. Only today he didn' t come back. He' S never done such a thing before, it' S most peculiar，""
“ No, madam, I haven' t seen him anywhere, " said Eddie, as he reached to start the Car. And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel, where he had left it at lunchtime...
And he remembered the lump in the carpet---.
What did Eddie Want to do when he