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<INL110> <DFT1=0020,2=0021><DPT1=14,2=18><DLD1=16,2=18,3=20,4=22> <LL3400><UMG1000> <DAC\=ACT><DSS|> <FPL1,1,1> <ql><em> |"Get out! Get out!|' shouted Mrs Badger to her son, Slonker. |"You're the laziest, grumpiest young badger in the wood. You never help in the hole. You never bring me any nuts or roots. You're so lazy you just lie around daydreaming _ and yet you eat twice as much as anybody!|' <ql><em> |"I need to eat more|', Slonker replied. |"I'm growing aren't I?|' <ql><em> |"Growing fatter and lazier,|' said his mother. |"You're too old to be daydreaming all day. You must get a job and earn some money. There's plenty of jobs in the wood for a healthy young badger.|' <ql><em> Slonker shuddered. A boring job in the wood _ ugh! The thought of it made him feel sick. He dreamt he would be rich and famous when he grew up, and he did not want to have an ordinary job in the wood. <ql><em> |"Well, I've had enough of you,|' continued Mrs Badger. |"If you won't look for a job, . . .