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Mark sighed and took out his notebook. “Right. Chloe. Cat. Anything else? A quote?”

“He said – and this is true – he was afraid of public speaking. His mum called this morning to pull him out.”

Mrs. Higgins nodded. “That’ll sell.” (Einde verhaal – geschikt voor een luistertoets met vragen over: waarom was Mark te laat? Wat was de echte reden dat Sam won? Wat is de houding van de journalist?)

“Why?”

Mark laughed. “Honest. I’ll write that down.” He scribbled: Winner: unenthusiastic . Then he asked, “What did she win?”

“Where is everyone?” Mark asked, out of breath.

“Okay. Last thing – any controversy? A runner-up who felt robbed?” luistertoets engels vwo 2009

“Who won?”

Mrs. Higgins looked up. “Gone home. The winner was announced at 4 PM.”

Mark stopped writing. “So the real winner was Sam. But he quit because of stage fright. And Chloe won by default?” Mark sighed and took out his notebook

Mark closed his notebook. “And nobody thought to tell the newspaper?”

“A girl named Chloe. Fifteen. Lovely poem about a cat.”

Mark Davis, a 47-year-old journalist for the local Weekly Herald , had always hated the annual "Young Voices" writing competition. Every year, he had to interview the winner—usually a teenager who wrote about feelings and ponies. His mum called this morning to pull him out