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Dropping In

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waiting for me I click the stopwatch Go Ranga plunges his biscuit into the Milo Past halfway I say It is he snaps Quiet The frown grows deeper A wet stain creeps up the biscuit from the Milo Just above the surface of the Milo the biscuit begins to swell Ten seconds I say Ranga’s hand shakes slightly The biscuit wobbles like jelly The secret is not to hold it too tight otherwise it snaps off on the edge of the dry part Fifteen seconds Smoothly Ranga lifts the biscuit out of the Milo and raises it to his mouth It bobbles around like pale-brown gorilla snot Just as he gets it above his face a crack appears where the swollen wet biscuit meets the hard dry part then the wet part drops straight into his mouth He swallows it whole and grins Your turn Fifteen seconds the record for this game It should be easy to beat Ranga clicks the stopwatch I put the biscuit into my Milo so carefully that I don’t stir it at all I’ve put extra sugar into mine so it’s thicker and won’t soak into the biscuit as easily I can’t lose Ranga tries every trick in the book to put me off but I 11