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Look, there's no junk mail. Can you get the sign off?

No. Give them $100.

What about the ferals?

Yeah, they really hate junk mail. Give them $600.

They don't have a letterbox. They're so poor, they can't afford one.

Hang on.

Who says we don't give to the needy?

Hey!

Nick off!

We're giving you a letterbox.

They're giving us junk mail. It's not junk mail. It's really important

information.

Orange juice is $2 a litre.

Junk mail's pollution.

Yeah, keep your junk mail. Make us. Yeah. Grab them. I'll get the junk mail.

There was like a bit up the street.

Hey, why didn't you fight back?

The joke's on you.

We get paid to deliver the stuff before we start.

Where's the joke?

They've already been paid and now they've got nothing left to deliver.

just saved us heaps of time. Thanks. We can go home now. Come on.

I still don't get it. We just helped them.

We saved them time.

Can anyone tell me why time is important in our lives?

Well, anyone?

Mrs Church, Marion knows how to save time.

That's good, Ryan. Now, you save me time by answering the question.

Why is time important in our lives?

Mrs Church? Yes, Piers?

Because time tells us when to do things.

Like, a quarter to nine means it's time for school to start.

We live by the clock, which is a bad thing and a good thing.

The bad thing is that we waste a lot of time looking at the clock.

The good thing is that we don't forget to do really, really important things.

Excellent, Pia. Thank you.

Why are we talking about time?

Because time is the topic of your science assignment.

If you put as much effort into your assignment as you do into your groan,

Bellingham, unlike your last assignment, I'll be very pleased.

Now, you have two days to find out all you can about time.

How long does it take you to do things? How much time do you waste?

This assignment is part of Science Week.

You'll be competing against every other primary school in the state for a cash

prize of $100.

And an all -expenses -paid trip to the science symposium in town.

You'll be working in pairs for this assignment.

You'll find your pair's name on the top of your assignment sheet.

Brooke, I've paired you with Abby.

Hopefully her influence will rub off.

Obviously, because you're going to be measuring time, you're going to need

watches.

Anyone who doesn't have a watch, please organise to get one.

if you could have. Would not have. Of course we would have. How come there's

only one watch in the whole camp?

You get out of bed when the birds start singing.

Your stomach tells you when it's time to eat. Who needs a watch?

Uh, we do. Yeah, there's a hundred bucks going. What would you do with the

hundred bucks?

Buy books.

See, the watch is wasted on her. Tell her to hand it over.

Why does Mrs Church always pick on me?

Well, you have to admit, you don't like doing assignments.

Yeah, well, Mrs Church better just watch herself.

I'll get Mum to get us sacked.

Shift yourselves.

Do you mind?

Yeah, I run business and so should you.

We don't want that stuff. We've got a no junk mail sticker on... What happened

to our sticker?

He collects them.

Crete, take this stuff back.

We get paid to deliver it, not take it back.

Better not get Abby into trouble.

I know. I'm hoping her grand's not home.

I assume you're here to see Abby.

Of course he is. He was hoping you weren't home. Bad luck.

Just a minute.

No, why would I have a spare watch?

Because you're rich.

It doesn't mean I've got a thousand watches.

Bad luck again.

Look, we need a watch for the assignment.

I can't lend you this one. It's brand new.

I promise I'll look after it.

Yeah, I know you will.

But... Okay.

I guess I can share with Brooke.

Just for two days.

Thanks a million.

A trillion.

Do you think that was sensible?

Your mother only just gave you that watch as a reward for keeping your

not to see Marion.

Where else is he going to get one? It's only two days.

He'll look after it.

Come on, snobs!

We're going to start doing our assignment. Who cares about the

it is a hundred bucks.

We can pick up a hundred bucks without doing any stupid assignment. How?

You'll see.

Come on.

Hurry up and recycle.

Who said the ferals are idiots?

Who the heck snogged? Who cares? What are we going to do for the assignment?

Yeah, right.

Have to do something special to win a hundred bucks.

How about I set a world record time for holding my breath and you time me?

Not bad. It's perfect.

What's the world record for holding your breath?

How would I know?

We need to find out.

Since when have we been number 20?

More to the point, since when have we had a letterbox?

It was Ryan and Sam.

They pinched it from somewhere. We don't want it. Take it back where it came

from. We haven't got...

bucks to win. These things attract this stuff, which is why we don't have a

letterbox. Now take it back where it came from.

You take it back. I've got to find out what the world record is. I don't know

where Ryan and Sam pinched it from. Simple.

Find a house number 20 without a letterbox.

And give us the watch so I can start practicing.

Abby lent it to me. She lent it to us.

Come on, I have to practice.

Keep your trap shut and back me up, all right? Right.

Hi, Miss Atkinson. Oh, hi, Brian. Sam, were you back so soon?

All done.

Wow.

That's amazing.

Not really, Miss Atkinson.

See, we're doing the school assignment on time and we worked out how to deliver

them quicker. So we're ready to start delivering the next batch if that's okay

with you.

How long did I take?

How would I know?

You were meant to tie me going to the shop and back.

Oh, I found something better to do.

Listen to this.

Dear Mrs Church, unless you stop picking on my daughter, Brooke, I will get you

sacked. Yours faithfully, Clarissa Bellingham. You can't send that.

I'm not going to.

But if she doesn't stop picking on me, I might.

Brooke, she doesn't pick on you. You deserve it.

Well, if she gave a sensible assignment, like fashion trends.

Or modelling.

What?

You okay, mate?

Course I'm okay.

What were you doing?

Holding my breath?

Oh. Fair enough.

Sorry.

One minute I had it, the next I didn't.

So you lost Abby's brand new watch.

Where were you? What were you doing?

I was holding my breath around here.

Tobar came up and gave me a fright. I must have dropped it.

Okay, maybe Tobar picked it up. Go and ask him. I'll look around here.

Oh, no.

Please, no.

The bucket shouldn't have been there. Don't blame the bucket. So what are you

going to tell Abby?

I'm really looking forward to hearing it. I drowned in your watch. Sorry.

Maybe we don't have to tell her. What?

Well, she lent it to us for two days, right?

We've got time to get it fixed. It's going to cost $30 to fix.

Where are we going to get $30 in two days?

Oh, yeah.

We're going to see her now, and you're going to tell her the truth.

Hello, Ryan.

Hello, Sam.

This might be your idea of saving delivery time, but it's not mine.

It was his idea. Was not. I'm not interested in whose idea it was.

You can consider yourself sacked. Now take everything out of that bin that

you've put in there and take it back to the shop, along with the money I paid

you in advance.

Oh, number 20 James Street want their letterbox back.

That's how we can earn 30 bucks in two days. What?

Delivering junk mail? Well, the job's available and we get paid in advance,

remember? We can't deliver junk mail because it will kill us. Only if she

out. And she won't. If we time it right.

Hi, Miss Atkinson. We're applying for the job. Delivering the junk mail. The

term is direct marketing literature.

Oh, sorry. We're applying for the job anyway.

Aren't you two from the ferals camp? I thought you were all conservationists.

Oh, we're adopted.

I see.

And how do I know you won't let me down too?

Well, all right then. How much do we get paid?

$15 each per delivery.

30 bucks!

And you pay in advance, right? No, not anymore.

Not after Ryan and Sam let me down. I'll post you a money order.

Still interested?

When will we get the money?

The start delivery's tomorrow morning before school. The money order will be

tomorrow's mail.

She doesn't need the watch back till the day after.

We'll see you in the morning.

how long it takes to buckle your shoe.

It's a stupid assignment.

I'm not doing it and I don't care what Mrs Church says.

Suit yourself. I'll do it on my own.

Have fun. I will.

I don't recall inviting you for dinner. I'm just popping in and out. Hello,

darling. Hello, Mrs Oakley. How lovely to see you again.

Hello, Brooke.

And it's lovely to see you here with Abby.

Darling, I had a thought.

The new watch I bought you, I thought I'd get it engraved.

Or nothing mushy.

Something, well, without actually saying that it's a reward for staying away

from Marion.

So if you give me the watch, I'll get it engraved first thing tomorrow morning.

Sorry, Mum, I left it at school.

Your brand new watch?

It's in my locker. I took it off a spot and forgot it. Well, is the locker

locked? Of course.

All right.

I'll drop round to the school tomorrow and collect it.

Yes, Mum.

Right. See you then.

Bye, Mum.

Bye, Brooke. Bye, Mrs Oakley.

Bye. Bye, Mum.

You did.

You had your watch on after school. I saw it. I lent it to Marion.

And don't you dare tell Mum. I wouldn't dream of it. In fact, don't tell anyone.

Dragging a man off to work at this hour of the morning? They're heartless.

So you work hard.

Thanks very much.

Oh, it's not. Do your stuff. Go.

Shush. They'll wake the whole world.

So what if someone sees us at this time of the morning?

Who's going to be out of bed?

What the heck are they doing?

Our jobs.

Why? They hate junk mail.

I have to get some sleep.

Hey, where have you two been?

Um, out for a walk.

This early?

Normally I have to drag you out of bed.

We've learned the error of our ways.

We're going to get away with something.

For once.

Hey, Brooke, guess what?

Marion and Spike took our jobs.

What? Delivering junk mail.

The Farrells hate junk mail. What's going on? How would I know?

Maybe he needs money.

Abby lent Marion her watch. Maybe he broke it or something.

I have to go.

Hi.

That letter that I wrote to Mrs Church that I wasn't going to send, I left it

here. It'll still be here.

Great. Imagine if it accidentally got posted. You haven't told anyone about me

lending Marion the watch. Of course not.

What? I might have just mentioned it to Ryan and Sam. What? They hate me.

They'll tell Mum. I know. I'm sorry. I was worrying about the letter. Good

morning, Brooke.

You can't stay away, huh?

Good morning, Mrs. Walson. How lovely to see you again.

I left a letter here, addressed to Mrs. Church.

Oh, yes, yes. I found it.

I put a stamp on it and posted it for you.

I'm just making breakfast. I'll put some more bacon on.

A beak's spilled. There must be something we can do. Like what?

I don't know.

Get it back from the postman before he delivers it. I'll help. Would you?

You could do me a big favour too.

What? Anything?

Tell Ryan and Sam to forget what you told them about the watch.

Of course.

I wonder what time the postman will deliver the money. Around lunchtime.

Quit worrying. We've got heaps of time.

We haven't got a letterbox.

We had one, but you took it back.

Where's he going to stick the letter if we haven't got one?

Leave it to me. Come on, snobs.

But what if... Abby asked for the watch back this morning. She won't.

Time's on our side. Trust me.

Come on.

Hi, Spike.

Sorry, but do you have my watch?

Um, Marion's got it.

Now, snobs.

We're waiting for a very important letter.

As soon as the postman delivers it, come and get me, okay?

Good boy.

Hi, guys.

Remember how I said Abby lent Marion her watch?

She didn't. How come you said she did? I made a mistake.

You don't make mistakes about Abby and Marion.

I'm not perfect.

This time I did.

Reckon there's something going on here?

Yep. There isn't.

Please don't tell Abby's mum about the watch.

We've got a letterbox again. Great!

Abby wants her watch back.

Hi. I'm really, really sorry, but I need my watch back.

Uh, it's back at the camp.

Oh, there's the bell.

Can you wait till lunchtime?

Okay.

You and your timing.

as you might already have discovered, is something we're forever counting on.

And it can often mean the difference between something working out

well or being a terrible disaster.

Snob hasn't turned up. Posty couldn't have come yet.

Come on.

out for the postman. You wait here in case mum turns up. But what will I tell

her? I don't know. Make something up.

We're still deciding whether or not to tell Abby's mum.

No sign of snobs or the postman. What about my watch?

We're going.

What are you doing?

Minding my own business.

Hello, Brooke.

Hello, Mrs Oakley. How lovely to see you again.

Abby said she was taking her watch home to you to save you the trip.

Oh.

Why aren't you getting my watch? Why are you chasing the postman? None of your

business.

Oh, no.

You all right?

Is this your dog?

What are you looking for? Why aren't you getting my watch? Yeah, he's my dog.

He loves postmen.

Sorry. Well, I hate dogs.

My watch?

Gee, you're pushy.

I'll go and get it.

So you hate dogs?

You sure you're doing the right job?

Here it is.

Thank you.

Here it is. Thank you. Abby.

Well, Brooke said you were taking the watch around to me.

She did?

Sorry, Mrs Oakley. I must have made a mistake.

I'm not perfect.

Oh, thank you.

Here's the deal. We don't tell Abby's mom if you do our assignments for us.

Drop dead.

You can't tell the time was back. We can.

I borrowed Pia's watch. It takes exactly six minutes for all this stuff to

trickle down.

Okay. Right.

Deep breath.

And hold it.

How did we get this back again?

Must have been Sam and Ryan again.

So I'll go take it back again.

When? Soon as Spike breaks the world record for holding his breath.

Fair enough.

And I ran into Miss Atkinson from the news agency.

She said you're the best two deliverers of direct marketing literature she's

ever had.