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NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS
First published by GemmaMedia in 2009.
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ISBN: 978-1-934848-02-9
Patricia Scanlan
Series Editor
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“Dad?”
His son, Little Dan, shouted from the
hall downstairs.
“Yes?” said Danny.
He was upstairs, shaving.
“Jim wants you,” said Little Dan.
Danny wiped his face with a towel as
he went down the stairs. He knew a few
men called Jim. So he didn’t know who
he’d be talking to when he picked up the
phone.
“Hello?”
“Danny?”
“Yes?”
“It’s Jim.”
Danny waited for more. He didn’t
know the voice.
“Jim, your brother.”
“Oh.”
That was all. “Oh.” Danny could think
of nothing else to say. No other words
came to him.
His brother spoke again.
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