January 1 - Edited

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

'Mummy, what's a New Year's resolution?' Claire asked one day, when she heard her parents talking about it.

'You make a New Year's resolution when you decide to do something good for a whole year, or, if you decide to stop doing something bad for a whole year,' explained Mummy.

'But you have to decide on New Year's Day, and that's today; the first of January!'

Soon she heard Claire talking to the cat in her bedroom, and crept close to listen. 'Tibs, you're not going to catch birds for a year, and then I won't smack you for a year.' Two good resolutions, thought Mummy.

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