Mickey remembers that time he broke into a house with his brother and collapsed after taking a tablet he found there and went to live with a man called Mr. Mulcahy for a year. Thus begins Mickey's tale...

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Mickey laments how nobody would help his poor mother, growing up. Everyone just took things from her and it wasn't fair, but Mickey was always there for her. Only Mickey.

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Mickey and Cillian need the dagger from under their mam's bed in order to see what's behind the door in the local quarry. This sets in motion events that will stick with Mickey for the rest of his life.

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Rich Uncle Con decides to treat the whole family (and Stacey) to a holiday in Limerick and beyond, to give the cops a chance to forget about the big fire the boys set. Or maybe they're in hiding for something Tanya and Stacey have done? Or maybe there's some other reason?

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Mickey is sent to a home for two nights, until Cillian confesses. His relationship with his mother is somewhat fractured for a while, but when Cillian returns, she rewards him with a pony that she names after Mickey.

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The two boys go looking for their pony, which has been "robbed by the travellers". Cillian is adamant they brought him to Midleton. Mickey has his doubts, but after a great day out he no longer cares. Meanwhile Con retrieves the pony and sets up a lookout for the travellers, for when they come back. This excites young Mickey, until Cillian shocks his younger brother by suggesting they go back to school!

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