Martin stopped to consider the blinking, red light on his phone:  should he check the message, or not?

Sandra's name appeared in bold at the top of the screen.

He stared at the phone and its tiny light, which winked at him knowingly.

'Do it,' his friends had told him.  'Everyone else does.'

Persuaded by his friends, he searched, eventually finding the neglected document under the bed.

His dusty CV lacked three things: flair, references and, most importantly, relevant experience.

Experience had been easy to invent; Martin had added farming, animal husbandry and lion taming.

Armed with his newly polished CV, Martin had applied haphazardly for fifty-two jobs listed online.

He'd been shocked to be asked to interview for the zoo keeper's position, but had decided to attend.

Now Sandra, the manager, was ringing after a brilliant interview. What if she knew about the lies?