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I still have nightmares of last year’s first 10B Case File.
It was a bar chart saying ‘FWEKWENTHY ANALITHITH ITH YOUR FWEND?????’
Who has not worked out that there are the same number of \’s /’s and |’s?????

It reminds me of Nemethith in Jeremy Strong’s short story ‘Never Trust a Parrot’.
‘I AM YOUR FWEND. I AM YOUR FWEND.’
I felt as if I would wake up the next morning and find myself transformed into a monstrous vermin!
(yes I know this is from a different book intended for older readers)

So I was expecting a similar piece of discombobulating cacophonous codswallop to come out this year.
But this year the Case File was genuinely helpful!
I’m not sure if Harry wants to reward those who already have the main idea…
Or maybe we just got lucky.
But anyways THANK YOU SO MUCH for the hint!

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