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Stay here, okay?

Don't nick off.

Don't go too deep.

I'll be over there.

Okay?

Have fun.

Ha ha.

You need a hand?

No, I don't need a hand.

Hey, you two!

What's your problem?

You couldn't kill Banjo this morning. We're only buzzing him. He couldn't hear

you coming. He's deaf.

What? Like, deaf and dumb. Not dumb, just deaf. And what?

You're just dumb? Of course he's dumb.

Gotta be dumb to be a feral. You idiot!

Marion! This is the last thing I want to speak to you. Come with me, please.

But I haven't finished... All right, Marion, have it your own way.

I've just been discussing you with the headmaster.

Your writing and number skills are third grade standard.

Unless you're prepared to work harder instead of disrupting the playground

this, you'll be dropped down to the third grade.

Understood? Yes.

Told you he was dumb.

He's a feral.

They're all dumb.

As you know, classes are off for the remainder of the morning because of our

staff meeting.

But... You are not getting off that easily. I have a project for you to take

home.

Now, you all know what this is, and you all know what happens when you

accidentally drop one, don't you?

It breaks, Mrs Church.

Most of the time, Brooke, yes.

Now, hands up who's dropped an egg without breaking it.

Hmm?

Well, it can be done.

I won't show you how, because that's what I want you to work out for

I want you to pair off for this project. You have until half past one on the dot

to find yourselves an egg and work out how to drop that egg without breaking

At half past one on the dot, each pair will show the rest of us exactly what

they've discovered.

All right?

Find your pair, everyone, and off you go.

Are we in third grade?

Yeah, until they drop you back to Cindy.

Come on.

Well, unless you'd rather pair with the dumbest kid in the class.

Well, if he's so dumb, he's going to need help, isn't he?

Move. Come on.

They won't drop you back to third grade.

I don't care.

I hope they keep me out altogether.

I never wanted to come here anyway.

And you're not dumb either.

No, I'm not, and I'm going to prove it. How can you drop an egg without breaking

it? I don't know.

Two heads are better than one. We ought to be able to work it out.

You bet.

Well, off you go, you two.

Mrs Church, may I be excused from this project?

Why, Brooke?

Yeah, why, Brooke?

Because I have a headache.

Brooke, working in pairs is an important part of the project. It's called

teamwork. You don't know what sort of wonderful ideas Spike might have.

All right?

Now off you go together.

We need to drop an egg without breaking it, right?

So what do we need?

How come that didn't make you puke? It makes everyone else puke.

What do we need?

Eggs, I suppose.

Right. Follow me.

Hey, what about Abby pairing with Marion?

I thought she was your best friend. Abby, take pity on dumb animals.

What time is it?

Half past ten.

We got to half past one.

That's three hours. Plenty of time.

Where are we going?

Dad knows everything about everything.

He'll know how to drop an egg without breaking it.

Hey, Marion.

What did I miss at school today? Nothing.

And you're supposed to be sick. Why aren't you in bed?

School.

Why aren't you at school? I'm doing a project. Have you got any eggs?

I think we've got one left.

Who's this?

Oh, it's Abby.

Can I borrow the eggs?

Hello. Hi.

Can we help you?

No, um, Mary and I are doing a school project together.

I love school projects, and I'm not that sick.

Please, can I go to school?

There'll be plenty of other projects for you to do.

Okay, let's give it a go.

Oh!

Nobs!

Now we'll never know.

That was our last egg. Until we sell this jam at the market tomorrow and can

afford to buy some more.

Great! No eggs!

supposed to drop an egg if I don't even have one? Come on, I can get us heaps of

eggs. I'm coming too.

Oh no, you're not.

There,

as many eggs as we need.

Mr. Paul can't see the chook pens from the house, so it's easy to pinch the

eggs. We do it all the time.

You're not a stuck -up droob after all. Just get the eggs.

I'll keep watch.

Right.

Good morning, Mr. Ford.

I just thought you'd like to know that one of those girl kids is stealing your

eggs.

What time is it?

We've got two and a half hours left.

Mum time. You wait out here.

What do you think you're doing?

I'm getting your mail for you. Why?

Who asked you to? No one asked you to.

I can only think of one reason why you're going through my letterbox. I was

waiting for Abby. Well, she's at school, young man.

Mum!

Abby, why aren't you in school?

There's a staff meeting. We're doing a school project together. A project?

Together? Yes.

Well, you might have been, but you're not any longer. Get back inside. You're

coming with me. But Mum, where? Where children who steal from letterboxes go

the police station. Mum!

You stay out of this, Abby. Inside, now.

I wasn't stealing.

Fine. Prove it to Constable Stubbs.

Fine. I will.

out of broken eggs.

Mrs Oakley, I can't see any proof that the boy was going to steal the letter. I

wasn't stealing.

I have a bit left to say, will you?

So I can't take any action.

But you, you're angry. Stay away from people's letterboxes, okay?

I wasn't stealing.

Okay.

Yes, sir. In fact, I'd suggest you stay well away from all the local houses,

right? Yes, sir. I'd prefer it if you'd stay away from my daughter, too.

Can you get the hint?

Yes, sir.

to stay away from Abby.

She's the one who's always hanging around me.

Who's this?

Where'd you come from?

Is this someone's pet?

Hey, Marion.

Where have you been?

Abby's mum got me into trouble. Now I have to stay away from Abby, but she's

our eggs.

Girls, Brooke led me into a trap at an egg farm.

Hey, that looks like one of their chooks.

Where is this egg farm? What?

I can take the chook back. Get some eggs as a reward.

The bloke's mad.

He'll kill you. I'm running out of time. I need eggs. He can't be that bad.

Hello? Is this one of... You!

I told you I'd never forget a face.

I've got two faces I'll never forget.

You're trouble. It wasn't me. It was Mum.

I don't care. Every time you're around, I get into trouble.

Okay, do the project yourself.

I'm doing it myself. I don't need anyone's help. I'm not dumb.

Got any eggs?

I'm getting some.

Where from?

None of your business.

Okay, so you won't be needing these then. I'll get on with my project

Looks like a nice jam.

It's the best homemade jam in the world. So will you trade me some eggs for all

this jam?

I don't think Dad would let me. It's because you think I'm a feral, isn't it?

I could ask, though.

Carla, is this feral bothering you?

No, he's trading his jam for eggs.

But, Carla, your dad just sold out of eggs, didn't he?

Yeah.

Forget it.

to the little supermarket.

I'll have eggs to trade.

You? I gave you the spike to mine.

I can't carry you. I've only got two arms and I'm in a hurry.

You're just going to have to keep up.

We've worked it out.

Yes!

How'd you do that?

Over here.

You're a genius.

Yep.

This one's ready to go.

Hey, I was stuck with Spike to help me. Can I just say I helped you?

Of course.

Great, thanks.

Oh, Abby.

Where's Marion?

Who cares? Probably trying to find eggs.

But who was your partner? We split up. It's okay. We'll help you. We worked out

how to do it. Really?

If we tell you, you have to promise to stop hanging around with Marion.

Okay.

Really promise.

Sure, I really promise.

He's a stubborn idiot.

Okay.

Good idea. I didn't think of that.

Smart, eh?

Marion won't even get close.

Dumb twit. Can't even get any eggs.

Yeah, and he's not going to get any eggs either. We made sure of that.

Hang on. You made sure he couldn't get any eggs? Yep. They'll drop him down to

third grade for sure.

That's so unfair.

He might be a stubborn idiot sometimes, but he's not pathetic like you.

I'll give him my eggs whether he wants them or not.

Hey, but you gave me your promise.

That's before I knew you sabotaged him.

I'll let him get those eggs.

Anywhere. You should have taken Abby's. No way.

Did Abby offer you some eggs? Of course she did. He wouldn't take them. You're

mad. You sure are.

You're just too proud to ask for Abby's help, aren't you? No, I'm not. Well,

guess what? I'm going to ask her for you. Don't.

Do you reckon I can borrow this boat?

Probably not.

Come on, I'll give you a hand. You idiot!

I can swim.

The kind of eggs can't.

We've got to get those eggs.

Snob, get the eggs, boy. Good boy.

Get the eggs. He doesn't listen to anyone.

Except Mary.

My dog?

Good boy, snob.

Your dog's as dumb as you are.

That's it. I've run out of time. I was coming to give them to you whether you

wanted them or not.

Thanks. If you'd taken them when I offered them... Yeah, I know. I was

You weren't dumb.

You were just too proud.

See, I told you.

Shut up, snobs. Unless you know where I can find some unbreakable eggs.

Snobs, if you don't... Well,

there's one egg. That's a start.

That's not the start. That's the answer.

It's half past one on the dot.

I thought you were with Spike, Brooke. He decided to go with Marion, Mrs

Oh, did he just?

Well, no matter, as long as you were all part of a team.

Oh, but I had the brilliant idea, Mrs Church. Yeah, we're all looking forward

seeing the result, Ryan.

Okay, watch this.

No, it wasn't really. Do you have another egg?

Yeah, but we can't use it now. Why not?

Because we haven't boiled it.

Oh. I guess that's one way to stop it from breaking.

Very clever, boys. And, Brooke, I'll mark that as a pass.

Who's next?

Me, Mrs Church.

I mean us.

Me and Abby. All right, Marion.

You're not my friend anymore, Abby.

Show Mrs Church the egg, Abby.

This was laid by that chook.

About ten minutes ago.

I'm sure this is all leading somewhere.

Well, it proves that this chook has eggs inside her.

So?

Does that prove?

It proves that we just dropped all the eggs inside this chook and not one of

them broke.

Oh, that's cheating.

No, it's quite imaginative, actually.

It was mainly Marion's idea, Mrs Church.

Well, it was very clever thinking.

You all get a pass.

Does that mean Marion can stay in sixth grade?

Yes, I suppose it does.

By the way, you can still drop an egg without boiling it or it being inside a

chook and it won't break.

This is how you do it. First, you need an egg.

May I?

Then, you wrap it like so.

Ready?

See? You just need to absorb the shock.

I hate it when I miss projects.

Why didn't I think of that?

I believe some kids have been messing about in the dinghies at the jetty.

I'm sure it won't happen again, sir.

Better not, otherwise someone's in serious trouble. Got it?

Got it.

I thought you two were supposed to stay away from each other.

I can't get rid of her, sir.

I'm leaving this between you and your mother, okay?

Okay. You're a braver person than me.

You better be worth it.