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On that first day of school I cried and cried my eyes out
Just turned five and bloody hopeless
There were four Davids in the class – Powell, Marsh, Scarrow and Stewart and they all wept too
I managed to calm down and entered the strange new world of school
We had a red-flamed headmistress who had an office down the hall near the sick bay
Her name was Mrs Rox…
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