'It's not for me, it's for the funeral,' said Gaz. 'I'll put it back
afterwards.'
Dave looked over his shoulder carefully. 'What colour?' he
asked.
'Orange . . . what colour do you think? Black, of course. It's for
a funeral, you fool,' said Gaz impatiently, wondering why Dave
was so stupid sometimes.
'Well, all right,' said Dave. 'Look, meet me by the main door in
five minutes' time.'
Gaz walked slowly over to the door and waited. A few minutes
later, Dave walked towards him carrying not one, but two black
jackets. He held one of them out to Gaz.
'Why have you brought two?' asked Gaz.
'Because I'm coming to the funeral with you,' replied Dave.
'I'm not working in this place any more. I'm going crazy here.
Ready?'
'Ready when you are,' said Gaz. He was pleased and surprised
that Dave was coming with him. The two men marched side by
side through the doors and across the car park. They hadn't got
very far when every alarm in Asda started to sound. They
increased their speed to a run, free again and shouting as loudly as
they could.
•
A reporter from the local newspaper, the
Sheffield Star, had heard
about the men's arrest and the story was on the front page of the
paper. Suddenly, the group found themselves the subjects of a lot
of local - and unwelcome - interest.
They were recognized everywhere they went - Guy when he
was out running, and Horse when he was collecting his
unemployment benefit. They had to accept it - they were
becoming famous. People were interested and very amused.
Gerald wasn't happy about this at all. He didn't want anyone
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to recognize him, or to know he was part of a male strippers'
group. So he went round the newspaper shops, buying as many
copies of the
Sheffield Star as he could. It cost him a lot of
money, and he put them all in the plastic rubbish buckets in
the street. The local shop owners all thought he was very
strange.
Lomper was feeling very sad after his mother's death, but also
glad that he now had friends to give him support. He still played
his cornet in the factory band. The band were playing in a school
concert the following week, and Lomper went along to the
practice.
But the other members of the factory band had read the
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