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...   Then they grew tired of shouting. 

They survived on black tea and coffee for five days. There was one thing in the non-working  fridge   They ignored this as long as they could, though neither of them threw it away.   It was a bowl of mouldy porridge.

On the sixth day, they shared it.   They scraped the mould off the top, and tried to pretend that the white things underneath it were grains of rice, but they both knew that rice didn't wriggle.    When they finished, they were still hungry, so they picked the mouldy bits out of the bin, and ate them too.

On the seventh day, they both felt very silly when they drew back the three bolts on the front door, and turned the handle.   The door opened.   It had never been locked.    Neither of them had bothered to check this before.

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