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somethin’ goes wrong, we kill him”.
    â€œWho will we kill, the raven or Gatwick, sir?”, Bird Dog asked.
    â€œBoth of ’em, of course, you stupid or somethin’? Where’s this place of Lugano, anyway?”
    â€œWe looked it up on google earth, sir. It’s south of the Alps and they speak Italian there, sir”.
    â€œItalian!! Are you crazy? They speak Italian in Italy, and Swiss in Switzerland. Sometimes, I wonder if you’re up to this. I wanna know about bombs. Any sign of ’em out there in London?”
    â€œNo, sir. Miss Acid thinks that he’s gone to Switzerland to recruit other terrorists and to withdraw money from a Swiss bank account to finance his evil doings, sir”.
    â€œWhat a woman! She’s just brilliant. These English matrons are a step above the rest, I tell ya!”
    â€œYeah, sir, I’m sure they are”.
    â€œFocus on the job, will ya? Let me know when there’s some news. Get outta my sight now and close the door behind ya”.
    â€œYes, sir”.

10  Lugano City Airport
    Gatwick had never been so excited in all his life. He had flown on a plane, won the lottery, met his little sister, and had got all that attention. What else could a cub want? Once he had read an article in The Guardian saying that winning the lottery didn’t make you happy at all. It made you feel sad as if your life was pointless – you had no direction – and it made you feel guilty about getting money for nothing. But Gatwick felt none of that. He was absolutely gob-smacked exhilarated, never been so happy to be alive.
    So trundling his big box on wheels, tied up with red rope with his left paw, and carrying his small blue Edwardian case, with rusty catches and an even rustier big lock, in his right paw, he made his way to the arrivals hall. His little sister was sitting on a big red suitcase parked near the toilets. ‘ I must speak to her now that she’s alone’, Gatwick thought.
    â€œHello. I’ve been thinking about you. I’ve been thinking that you must be my little sister”, Gatwick summoned up the courage to say.
    â€œHow do you know that?”
    â€œWell, I don’t have a family, so I must have lost it, or my family lost me. That is, a family is made up of parents and cubs. I’m a cub, you’re a cub. You are on your own, and so am I. You are smaller than me, and you’re female, so logic tells me that you must be my little sister. I’m Gatwick”.
    â€œThank you, Gatwick. What you have just said is so true. Now that you’ve told me, I know who I am. I’m Little Sister”. She liked the sound of that.
    â€œLittle Sister, I want to free you. Why don’t we go off together? Why don’t you join the Freedom for Bears Club? You know, you don’t have to spend the rest of your life on a dusty bookshelf in a little girl’s bedroom, while she goes out to play and has fun with her friends. Don’t you see you are treated like an object?”
    Little Sister thought how true this was. She turned her head to see if the family she belonged to were coming out of the toilets. No, they were still in there.
    â€œAll right, Gatwick, if you are my big brother, I want to be with you. You’re right, I’ve been a doormat all my life”.
    â€œOf course, we can look after each other. Jump into my box and hide in there”. Gatwick parked his small blue Edwardian case, with rusty catches and an even rustier big lock, on the floor, untied the red rope around his big box on wheels, and let Little Sister jump in. He quickly tied the box up again.
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    Gatwick trundled Little Sister to the information desk. He wanted to enquire about Jet before taking the bus to the city.
    â€œExcuse me, Miss, have you seen a jet black raven called Jet who flies like a jet?”
    â€œI don’t think so. I will ask my colleague. Maria, have you seen a jet black raven called