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like chips. They’re said to be a real delicacy! Do you find them a real delicacy?’
    â€˜When we’re allowed to have ‘em,’ said Joe. ‘Doesn’t happen very often.’
    â€˜Oh.’ Mr Smith’s face fell.
    â€˜But you can get ‘em down in the village.’
    â€˜Really? That’s good to know. Maybe I should go down there right now. What do you think?’
    Joe said, ‘I think you should, sir. Be better than school dinners. Miss Beam used to go down there all the time.’
    â€˜In that case,’ said Mr Smith, ‘say no more! What was good enough for Miss Beam is good enough for me. See you later, boys!’
    They watched as Mr Smith beetled off down the corridor.
    â€˜Guess that proves it,’ said Bal. But he didn’t sound as if he minded quite so much as he had before.
    â€˜Know what I reckon?’ said Joe, as they made their way to the dining hall. ‘I reckon we got it wrong about aliens. It’s not them that’s weird, it’s all the rest of ‘em!’
    They gazed round the hall. They saw Mrs Jellybaby, staggering under the weight of all her beads and bangles. Mr Bulstrode, spluttering over his macaroni cheese. Mr O’Hooligan, Mr McNutter, Monsieur Tittinbot, screaming by the serving hatch.
‘Attention, attention!
Watch out for the eye!’
    â€˜Mad,’ said Joe. ‘They’re all mad!’
    And
they
were the human beings. The alien was down in the village, eating chips.
    â€˜I reckon this one’s gonna be OK,’ said Joe.
    â€˜Reckon he is,’ agreed Harry.
    Just wait till he told Granddad!
There’s this alien takes us for English…
    Gran, of course, wouldn’t believe a word of it.

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