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You don’t have books?!’ Rose almost sat up and banged her head on the roof rafters. That made the rats jump. ‘How can you live without reading?”Pretty well so far.’ I laughed. ‘Stories are just made-up stuff anyway.”Says who? I think they’re a different way of telling the truth.’ Then, ‘Seriously – no books? Oh, Ella, you have no idea what you’ve been missing! Stories are food and drink and life…I mean, haven’t you heard the story about a girl who made a gown out of starlight?”A gown out of starlight? How could you even do that…?”Well,’ said Rose. ‘Once upon a time…’And that was that. No sleep for me till Rose wrapped up with a triumphant The End.
