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When I grow up I want to be like my dad.
Big and strong. I want to be a cage fighter.
My favourite thing is watching wrestling on telly.
I presses on Shireen but she doesn't like it.
We sometimes do wrestling in the school playgrounds.
I get into trouble but I don't care.
They used to call me names like Smelly or Stinky
but they don't come near me now because I can stand up for myself.
I don't want anyone else calling me a wimp.
I can't be bothered going to school. My dad says I don't have to go.
I don't have to go if I don't want to.
It's all boring, it doesn't help me in real life.
Sometimes my dad takes me taxiing.
We go to the airport instead of going to school
and the people give me tips. It's great.
Sometimes I sneak out at nights to meet my mates.
My cousin's got a job at a pizza takeaway
and he passes us stuff and me and Danny get a real feast.
I sneak back into the house when it's late
and I go to my bedroom and get away with it.
No one notices. I once got caught.
Me and Danny thought it was fun stealing some cider.
We stole it off Liam and we got drunk
and forgot to go home.
A policeman found us, took us home and gave my mum and dad a warning.
They gave me a hard time.
Sometimes at weekends I stay at Danny's house
and it's great.
I love it there because he has great beds with soft sheets.
They all get a bed each and they don't have to share like we do.
When I first stayed at Danny's, I didn't know what was going on.
When I woke up I thought it was still night because it was dark
and I realised they had curtains on their bedroom windows.