1. ONE WINTER'S NIGHT
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2. WHEN THE COLD WIND BLEW,
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3. THE ENGINES FOUND IT
HARD TO SLEEP.
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4. "WHAT WE NEED,"
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5. SUGGESTED TOBY,
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6. "IS TO LISTEN TO A STORY."
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7. "YES,"
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8. AGREED PERCY.
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9. "A MYSTERIOUS STORY."
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10. "BUT,"
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11. ADDED DUCK,
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12. "IT MUST HAVE
A HAPPY ENDING."
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13. "DRIVER TOLD ME A STORY,"
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14. SAID THOMAS,
SO EVERYONE LISTENED.
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15. "ONCE UPON A TIME,"
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16. BEGAN THOMAS.
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17. "THERE WERE
THREE LITTLE ENGINES
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18. "WHO LIVED IN
THEIR OWN LITTLE SHED
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19. "ON THEIR OWN LITTLE RAILWAY.
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20. "THEIR NAMES WERE
DUKE, STUART AND FALCON.
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21. "DUKE WAS THE OLDEST
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22. "AND WAS NAMED AFTER HIS GRACE,
THE DUKE OF SODOR.
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23. "HE WAS PROUD OF THIS
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24. "AND LOVED TO KEEP
THE LITTLE ENGINES IN ORDER.
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25. "WHENEVER THEY DID ANYTHING
THAT DUKE THOUGHT WRONG,
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26. "HE WOULD SAY,
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27. "'THAT WOULD NEVER SUIT
HIS GRACE!'
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28. "OTHER ENGINES CAME AND WENT.
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29. "BUT DUKE OUTLASTED THEM ALL.
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30. "STUART AND FALCON
USED TO CALL HIM 'GRANPUFF.'
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31. "THEY WERE FOND OF HIM,
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32. "BUT THEY GOT VERY TIRED OF
HEARING ALL ABOUT 'HIS GRACE!'
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33. "SOMETIMES THEY WOULD TEASE HIM
AND CHANT,
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34. "'ENGINES COME AND ENGINES GO;
GRANPUFF GOES ON FOREVER.'
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35. "'YOU IMPERTINENT SCALLYWAGS,'
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36. "DUKE WOULD SAY,
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37. "'WHATEVER ARE YOU ENGINES
COMING TO?'
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38. "'NEVER MIND, GRANPUFF,
WE'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE.'
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39. "'WELL, YOU'D BETTER MIND,
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40. UNLESS YOU WANT TO END UP
LIKE SMUDGER.'
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41. "'OOOOH! GRANPUFF,
WHATEVER HAPPENED?'
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42. "'SMUDGER,'
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43. "SAID DUKE,
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44. "'WAS A SHOW-OFF.
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45. "'HE RODE ROUGHLY
AND OFTEN CAME OFF THE RAILS.
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46. "'I WARNED HIM TO BE CAREFUL
BUT HE TOOK NO NOTICE.'
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47. "'LISTEN, DUKEY,'
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48. "HE SNARLED,
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49. "'WHO WORRIES
ABOUT A FEW SPILLS?'
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50. "'WE DO HERE,'
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51. "I SAID,
BUT SMUDGER JUST LAUGHED.
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52. "'UNTIL ONE DAY, MANAGER SAID
HE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIM
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53. "'USEFUL AT LAST.
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54. "'SMUDGER STOPPED LAUGHING
THEN.
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55. "'W-WHY?
W-W-WHAT DID HE DO?'
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56. "'HE TURNED HIM
INTO A GENERATOR.
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57. "'HE'S STILL OUT THERE
BEHIND OUR SHED.
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58. "HE'LL NEVER MOVE AGAIN.'
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59. "AFTER THAT, STUART AND FALCON
BECAME REALLY USEFUL ENGINES
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60. "AND ALL THREE WERE
HAPPY TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS.
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61. "THEN, HARD TIMES CAME.
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62. "THE MINES IN THE HILLS CLOSED,
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63. "AND THE RAILWAY
WAS CLOSED TOO.
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64. "PEOPLE CAME TO BUY
THE ENGINES.
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65. "'WE'LL TAKE
STUART AND FALCON.'
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66. "NO ONE WANTED DUKE.
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67. "THEY THOUGHT HIM TOO OLD.
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68. "'CHEER UP, GRANPUFF,'
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69. CALLED STUART.
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70. "'WE'LL FIND YOU
A NICE RAILWAY
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71. "AND THEN YOU CAN COME
AND KEEP US IN ORDER.'
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72. "THEY TRIED TO BE BRAVE
AND CHEERFUL
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73. "BUT NO ONE REALLY THOUGHT
THEIR DREAMS WOULD COME TRUE.
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74. "DUKE'S DRIVER AND FIREMAN
OILED AND GREASED HIM
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75. "ONE LAST TIME.
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76. "THEY SHEETED HIM SNUGLY
AND SAID GOOD-BYE.
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77. "THEN THEY HAD TO GO AWAY
AND FIND WORK.
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78. "DUKE WAS ALONE.
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79. "'OH WELL,'
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80. HE SIGHED.
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81. "'I'LL GO TO SLEEP;
IT'LL HELP TO PASS THE TIME.'
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82. "WINTER TORRENTS WASHED
SOILS FROM THE HILLS.
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83. "TREES AND BUSHES
GREW ALL AROUND.
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84. "YOU WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN
A SHED WAS THERE,
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85. LET ALONE A LITTLE ENGINE
ASLEEP INSIDE."
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86. "THAT'S NOT A HAPPY ENDING,"
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87. CRIED PERCY.
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88. "AH,"
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89. MURMURED THOMAS.
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90. "THERE WILL BE ONE,
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91. BUT THAT'LL HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL NEXT TIME."
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92. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
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93. ON THE ISLAND OF SODOR.
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94. THE DAY'S WORK WAS DONE
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95. AND THE ENGINES
PUFFED SAFELY HOME.
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96. "THOMAS,"
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97. WHISPERED PERCY.
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98. "WILL YOU TELL US
THE END OF THE STORY."
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99. "YOU MEAN THE ONE
ABOUT DUKE THE LOST ENGINE?"
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100. "EXACTLY,"
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101. SAID HENRY.
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102. "BUT PLEASE REMIND US
OF THE STORY SO FAR."
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103. SO THOMAS BEGAN.
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104. AND HERE IS
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105. "DUKE WAS OLD
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106. "AND LIVED WITH
TWO YOUNG ENGINES
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107. "CALLED STUART AND FALCON.
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108. "THEY TEASED DUKE
AND CALLED HIM 'GRANPUFF,'
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109. "BUT THEY WERE HAPPY TOGETHER.
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110. "THEN THEIR LINE
WAS CLOSED DOWN
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111. "AND THE YOUNG ENGINES
WENT AWAY.
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112. "DUKE WAS LEFT ALONE
IN THE SHED.
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113. "HE WENT TO SLEEP
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114. "AND EVERYTHING AROUND HIM
CHANGED.
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115. "BUT DUKE
WAS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
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116. "YEARS WENT BY,
UNTIL ONE DAY NOT LONG AGO,
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117. "VISITORS CAME TO SEE
SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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118. "'WE WANT TO FIND DUKE,'
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119. "THEY SAID,
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120. "'AND MAKE HIM HAPPY AGAIN.'
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121. "MAPS LAY EVERYWHERE.
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122. "'IF WE FOLLOW THE OLD LINE
SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP,'
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123. "THEY SAID,
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124. "'WE'LL TRAVEL
NORTH OF THE VILLAGE
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125. "'AND THEN INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
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126. "'AND LOOK,
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127. "'THERE'S A SIGN
FOR THE OLD STATION.
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128. "IF DUKE'S ANYWHERE,
HE'S THERE.'
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129. "EVERYONE SET OFF
TO THE MOUNTAINS FAR AWAY.
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130. "THE DAYS WENT BY
AND THE SEARCH GREW HARDER,
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131. "BUT THE RESCUERS
WOULDN'T GIVE UP.
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132. "'LET'S GO THIS WAY,'
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133. "THEY SAID.
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134. "BUT THERE WAS STILL
NO SIGN OF DUKE.
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135. "'HE'S HERE SOMEWHERE,'
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136. "THEY SAID.
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137. "THEY SCRAMBLED OVER HILLS
AND STRUGGLED OVER DITCHES.
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138. "AT LAST THEIR SEARCH ENDED...
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139. "QUITE BY ACCIDENT.
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140. "'WE'VE FOUND HIM,
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141. "WE'VE FOUND
OUR SLEEPING BEAUTY.'
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142. "'EXCUSE ME,'
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143. "INQUIRED DUKE,
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144. "'ARE YOU A VANDAL?
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145. "'DRIVER TOLD ME VANDALS
BREAK AND SMASH THINGS.'
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146. "'BLESS YOU, NO,'
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147. "LAUGHED THE RESCUERS.
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148. "'WE'VE DROPPED IN BECAUSE
WE COULDN'T FIND YOUR DOOR!
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149. "'FALCON AND STUART
WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU.'
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150. "'SO THEY DID REMEMBER,'
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151. "SIGHED DUKE HAPPILY.
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152. "AND THEY ALL SET OFF
FOR DUKE'S NEW HOME.
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153. "STUART AND FALCON WERE READY
WITH A BIG WELCOME.
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154. "'HE'S HERE,'
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155. "THEY WHISPERED.
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156. "'SHHHH! SHHH!'
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157. "'YOU WOKE ME UP,'
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158. "GRUMBLED DUKE.
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159. "'IN MY YOUNG DAYS,
ENGINES WERE—'
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160. "'SEEN AND NOT HEARD,
GRANPUFF!
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161. "WE KNOW!'
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162. "'WE'LL ALL BE BACK TO WORK
TOMORROW.
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163. "'WE'RE GLAD
YOU'VE COME BACK.
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164. "WE CAN KEEP YOU
IN ORDER NOW.'
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165. "'KEEP ME IN ORDER?
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166. "'BE OFF WITH YOU!
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167. "IMPUDENT SCALLYWAGS.'
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168. "BUT DUKE'S OLD EYES TWINKLED
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169. "AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN YEARS,
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170. HE SMILED
AS HE DOZED IN THE SUN."
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171. "AND THAT,"
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172. SAID THOMAS,
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173. "IS THE WHOLE STORY.
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174. DID YOU LIKE IT?"
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175. "YES, INDEED,"
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176. AGREED THE ENGINES.
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177. "ESPECIALLY
THE HAPPY ENDING."
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178. AND SOON,
THEY WERE ALL ASLEEP TOO.
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