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Amazingly it was almost half an hour before the first person walked into the shop.
Jonathon took several paces into the shop and stared around with bloodshot eyes. Spotting the computer screen flickering in the far corner of the shop he staggered towards it.
"Good evening," said Computer. "What would you like?"
Jonathon screwed up his eyes as he tried to focus on minutes later the fire-brigade appeared, along with several police cars.
Scuffles broke out as the police arrested the burglars, but everything was soon under control. The last person removed from the shop was Jonathon, who insisted that he couldn't leave without his take-away.
The following morning a Fire Inspector arrived to complete his report. It took him a while to work out what had occurred the previous night and as he walked to his car he shook his head in bemused puzzlement.
"So what caused the fire?" asked the Inspector's assistant, back at the fire station.
"It's strange," said the Inspector, scratching his head. "This is the first time that I have ever seen a smoke alarm set itself on fire. But what I cannot figure out is... The two little batteries that power the smoke alarm just wouldn't have had enough power to overload themselves and catch fire - but that's exactly what happened!" The End
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