1. IT WAS A SPECIAL HOLIDAY
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2. ON THE ISLAND OF SODOR.
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3. BERTIE THE BUS WAS WORKING
HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE.
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4. ALL THE ENGINES WERE BUSY, TOO.
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5. DUCK WAS WAITING
FOR HIS NEXT JOURNEY.
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6. NEAR HIM STOOD A RED BUS,
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7. BUT HE DIDN'T LOOK FRIENDLY
LIKE BERTIE.
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8. THE BUS GROWLED AS HE GAZED
AT THE HAPPY PASSENGERS.
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9. "STUPID NONSENSE,"
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10. HE GRUMBLED,
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11. "I WOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT THEM
IF I'D KNOWN.
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12. "I'D HAVE HAD
A BREAKDOWN
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13. OR SOMETHING."
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14. "I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T,"
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15. SMILED DUCK
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16. "YOU'D HAVE
SPOILED THEIR FUN."
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17. "BAH—ENJOYMENT
IS ALL YOU ENGINES LIVE FOR.
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18. "ONE DAY, RAILWAYS
WILL BE RIPPED UP!"
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19. DUCK FELT SHOCKED
AT SUCH AN IDEA.
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20. "WE HAVE A FRIEND
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21. "CALLED BERTIE
AND HE'S A BUS,
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22. "BUT HE LIKES
THE RAILWAY.
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23. "SOMETIMES HE TEASES US
ABOUT IT
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24. BUT HE'D NEVER WANT
TO SEE IT RIPPED UP."
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25. "HUH,"
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26. GROWLED THE BUS.
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27. "I KNOW BERTIE.
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28. HE'S TOO SMALL IN SIZE
TO BE OF ANY USE."
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29. DUCK TOOK NO NOTICE.
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30. "THAT BUS IS SILLY,"
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31. HE THOUGHT AS HE STEAMED AWAY.
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32. AT THE JUNCTION,
DUCK TOLD OLIVER ALL ABOUT HIM.
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33. "I CALL HIM BULGY,"
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34. CHUCKLED OLIVER
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35. AND THEN HE PUFFED
HAPPILY AWAY.
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36. BUT THAT AFTERNOON
WHEN THE TWO ENGINES MET AGAIN,
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37. OLIVER WAS NO LONGER LAUGHING.
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38. "BULGY'S FRIEND HAS COME,"
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39. HE SAID.
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40. "HE'S RUDE, TOO.
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41. "HE'S TAKING BULGY'S
PASSENGERS HOME,
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42. AND LEAVING BULGY FREE
TO STEAL OURS."
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43. "BUT HE CAN'T,"
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44. OBJECTED DUCK.
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45. "BULGY SAYS HE CAN GET THEM
TO THE BIG STATION BEFORE US."
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46. "RUBBISH,"
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47. REPLIED DUCK.
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48. "IT'S MUCH FARTHER BY ROAD."
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49. "YEAH,"
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50. CONTINUED OLIVER,
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51. "BUT BULGY SAYS
HE KNOWS A SHORTCUT."
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52. THAT EVENING THE ENGINES WERE
PREPARING FOR THE HOMEWARD RUSH.
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53. "WHERE ARE THE PASSENGERS?"
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54. THEY WONDERED.
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55. "LOOK!"
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56. SHRILLED OLIVER.
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57. "LOOK AT BULGY.
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58. HE'S A MEAN SCARLET DECEIVER."
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59. BULGY WAS WEARING A LARGE
SIGN SAYING "RAILWAY BUS."
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60. "YEAH, BOO, SNUBS,"
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61. HE JEERED AS HE ROARED AWAY.
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62. "COME ON,"
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63. PUFFED DUCK TO HIS COACHES.
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64. "LET'S SEE WHAT HE'S UP TO."
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65. DUCK WANTED
TO GET BACK AT BULGY,
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66. BUT HE WASN'T SURE HOW.
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67. THEN IN THE DISTANCE,
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68. DUCK SAW A MAN
WAVING A RED FLAG.
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69. THAT MEANT "DANGER!"
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70. THE LINE HERE CROSSES
A NARROW ROAD
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71. AND THERE WAS BULGY,
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72. WEDGED FIRMLY UNDER THE BRIDGE.
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73. "SO THIS WAS HIS SHORTCUT,"
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74. CHUCKLED DUCK.
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75. "HE TRICKED US,"
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76. SHOUTED BULGY'S PASSENGERS.
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77. "HE SAID HE WAS A RAILWAY BUS
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78. "BUT HE WOULDN'T ACCEPT
OUR RETURN TICKETS.
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79. HE WANTED US TO THINK
RAILWAYS ARE NO GOOD!"
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80. DUCK'S CREW EXAMINED THE BRIDGE.
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81. "IT'S RISKY, BUT WE MUST
HELP THE PASSENGERS."
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82. "PASSENGERS ARE URGENT,"
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83. AGREED DUCK.
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84. DUCK SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY
SET OFF ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
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85. BULGY WAILED AS HE FELT
THE BRIDGE QUIVER.
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86. "OHH!
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87. OHH!"
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88. "STOP!"
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89. HE SHOUTED.
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90. "IT MIGHT FALL ON ME!"
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91. "THAT WOULD SERVE YOU RIGHT
FOR TELLING LIES,"
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92. SAID DUCK.
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93. BUT THE BRIDGE DIDN'T COLLAPSE.
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94. DUCK MADE GOOD TIME
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95. AND ALL THE PASSENGERS
CAUGHT THEIR TRAINS.
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96. THE BRIDGE IS NOW MENDED,
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97. BUT NOT, UNFORTUNATELY,
BULGY AND HIS WAYS.
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98. HE NEVER LEARNED SENSE.
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99. HE'S A HEN HOUSE NOW
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100. AND HIS LIES CAN DO NO HARM.
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101. THE HENS NEVER
LISTEN TO THEM ANYWAY.
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102. ONE MORNING BILL AND BEN
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103. WERE BUSY AT THE QUARRY
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104. PUSHING AND PULLING CARS
FILLED WITH CLAY
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105. INTO THEIR PROPER PLACES.
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106. THE TWINS ARE CHEEKY
AND LOVE PLAYING TRICKS,
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107. BUT THEY WERE GROWING RESTLESS.
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108. "LISTEN, BILL,"
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109. SAID BEN,
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110. "CAN YOU HEAR SOMETHING?"
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111. "WHAT SORT OF SOMETHING?"
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112. ASKED BILL.
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113. "SOMETHING DIFFERENT,"
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114. REPLIED BEN.
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115. "I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING
DIFFERENT,"
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116. SAID BILL.
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117. "EXACTLY,"
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118. HUFFED BEN.
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119. "EVERYTHING IS THE SAME—
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120. "SOUNDS THE SAME,
LOOKS THE SAME.
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121. WHAT WE NEED IS A SURPRISE."
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122. "SURPRISE WHAT?"
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123. ASKED BILL.
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124. BEFORE BEN COULD ANSWER,
THE QUARRY MASTER ARRIVED.
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125. "I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE
FROM SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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126. HE WANTS YOU TO GO
TO THE STATION AT THE HARBOR."
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127. "I WONDER WHAT WE'VE
DONE WRONG THIS TIME,"
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128. SAID BILL ANXIOUSLY.
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129. "IT MUST BE YOU,"
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130. REPLIED BEN.
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131. "WHY ME?"
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132. EXCLAIMED BILL,
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133. "I'VE NOT DONE ANYTHING."
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134. "EDWARD IS TAKING
THE CHILDREN
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135. "ON A SPECIAL
TRIP TODAY.
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136. "I WANT YOU TO GO
TO THE STATION,
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137. AND LOOK AFTER
CARS THERE."
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138. "WE'LL DO OUR BEST, SIR,"
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139. SAID THE TWINS.
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140. GORDON SPOKE SEVERELY TO THEM.
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141. "YOU MUST BEHAVE HERE.
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142. YOU'RE ON THE MAINLINE NOW."
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143. "ACTUALLY GORDON,"
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144. GIGGLED BEN,
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145. "WHEN WE SAW YOU, WE THOUGHT
THIS WAS THE SCRAPYARD."
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146. GORDON WAS CROSS.
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147. "JUST MAKE SURE THAT MY COACHES
ARE READY FOR MY EVENING TRAIN,"
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148. AND HE FUMED AWAY.
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149. THE TWINS LAUGHED
AND SET TO WORK.
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150. "THIS IS EASY,"
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151. THEY SAID TO EACH OTHER.
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152. "WE KNOW ALL ABOUT CARS."
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153. BUT I'M AFRAID THEY DIDN'T.
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154. "NO NEED FOR THAT,"
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155. SHOUTED THE CARS
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156. AS THE TWINS PUSHED THEM
INTO PLACE.
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157. "WE'LL SHOW YOU AROUND—
WE WANT TO HELP."
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158. "THANK YOU VERY MUCH,"
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159. SAID BILL AND BEN.
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160. THE CARS GIGGLED
AND BEGAN THEIR TRICKS.
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161. EVENING CAME.
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162. THE YARD WAS IN
A DREADFUL MUDDLE.
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163. THE TWINS HAD LET THE CARS
TELL THEM WHERE TO PUT THINGS.
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164. GORDON AND THE PASSENGERS WAITED
IMPATIENTLY OUTSIDE THE STATION,
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165. WHILE BILL AND BEN TRIED
TO SORT THINGS OUT.
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166. BUT BY THE TIME
GORDON WAS ABLE TO LEAVE
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167. IT WAS VERY LATE INDEED.
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168. NEXT DAY THE TWINS WERE
WORKING AT THE QUARRY AGAIN.
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169. "THAT'S A STRANGE NOISE,"
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170. GASPED BILL.
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171. "I'VE NEVER HEARD A NOISE
LIKE THAT BEFORE."
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172. "I HAVE,"
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173. WHISPERED HIS DRIVER, NERVOUSLY.
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174. "IT SOUNDS LIKE
A ROCK SLIDE TO ME."
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175. THEN CAME THE ALARM.
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176. "DANGER!
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177. CLEAR THE QUARRY,"
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178. SHOUTED THE QUARRY MASTER.
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179. WORKMEN SCRAMBLED
INTO THE CARS.
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180. "THANK GOODNESS WE'RE HERE,"
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181. SAID THE TWINS.
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182. THEY WERE JUST PUFFING
OUT OF THE QUARRY WHEN—
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183. "HELP! WAIT FOR ME!"
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184. A WORKMAN HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
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185. BEN WAITED AS THE MAN
CLIMBED QUICKLY ABOARD.
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186. THE TWINS LEFT THE QUARRY
JUST IN TIME.
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187. EVERYONE WAS SAFE,
BUT RUBBLE LAY ALL AROUND.
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188. "OH DEAR,"
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189. SAID BILL.
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190. "THIS WASN'T OUR FAULT.
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191. I HOPE SIR TOPHAM HATT
WILL UNDERSTAND."
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192. AND INDEED HE DID.
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193. NEXT DAY,
HE ARRIVED WITH EDWARD.
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194. "BILL AND BEN, YOU STILL HAVE
A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT CARS,
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195. "DON'T YOU?
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196. "BUT YOU ACTED QUICKLY
AND BRAVELY IN AN EMERGENCY.
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197. "SO, THREE CHEERS
FOR BILL AND BEN, OUR HEROES.
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198. HIP, HIP, HOORAY,
HOORAY, HOORAY!"
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199. "OH, THANK YOU, SIR,"
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200. SAID BILL.
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201. "BEING CALLED HEROES...
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202. WELL, IT'S...
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203. IT'S..."
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204. "IT'S A REALLY NICE SURPRISE!"
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205. LAUGHED BEN.
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