1. IT WAS WINTER
ON THE ISLAND OF SODOR.
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2. PETER SAM PUFFED NERVOUSLY
ALONG THE LINE.
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3. HIS FUNNEL HAD
NEVER BEEN THE SAME
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4. SINCE HIS ACCIDENT
WITH SOME CARS.
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5. NOW THE BITING WIND WAS
TRYING TO BLOW IT AWAY.
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6. "MY FUNNEL FEELS WOBBLY,"
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7. HE COMPLAINED.
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8. "I WISH MANAGER WOULD
HURRY UP WITH MY NEW ONE.
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9. HE SAYS IT WILL BE
SOMETHING SPECIAL."
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10. "YOU AND YOUR SPECIAL FUNNEL,"
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11. LAUGHED THE OTHER ENGINES.
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12. THEY WERE FOND
OF PETER SAM,
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13. BUT HIS SPECIAL FUNNEL
HAD BECOME QUITE A JOKE.
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14. THE WINTER WIND
GREW WORSE.
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15. THE RAIN CAME, TOO,
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16. TURNING HILLSIDE STREAMS
INTO TORRENTS
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17. WHICH THREATENED
TO WASH THE LINE AWAY.
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18. RUSTY THE LITTLE DIESEL
WORKED HARD,
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19. CARRYING WORKMEN
UP AND DOWN THE LINE.
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20. THEY WERE REMOVING
BRANCHES AND LEAVES
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21. SO WATER COULD FLOW AWAY.
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22. BUT ONE MORNING,
RUSTY'S DRIVER BROUGHT BAD NEWS.
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23. "THERE'S BEEN A WASHOUT
NEAR THE TUNNEL.
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24. "THE TRACK BED
HAS BEEN SWEPT AWAY.
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25. WE MUST REPAIR
THE DAMAGE IMMEDIATELY."
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26. THE IMPORTANT WORK
TOOK LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
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27. AS DAYS WENT BY,
THE WEATHER CHANGED.
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28. IT BECAME FROSTY,
MUCH COLDER.
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29. THE WORKMEN FINISHED AT LAST.
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30. PETER SAM WAS MOST CAREFUL
AS HE TOOK THE MORNING TRAIN
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31. OVER THE MENDED PIECE
OF TRACK.
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32. SOON HE APPROACHED
THE TUNNEL.
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33. IT WAS SHORT AND CURVED,
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34. SO HIS DRIVER COULD NOT SEE
RIGHT THROUGH IT.
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35. PETER SAM WAS HEADING
FOR TROUBLE.
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36. "THERE'S SOMETHING
HANGING FROM THE ROOF,"
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37. SHOUTED HIS DRIVER.
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38. PETER SAM CAME
OUT OF THE TUNNEL
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39. A DIFFERENT-LOOKING ENGINE...
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40. HE NO LONGER HAD
HIS FUNNEL.
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41. "HERE'S WHAT HIT YOU,
PETER SAM,"
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42. CALLED THE CONDUCTOR,
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43. AND HE PRODUCED
A THICK, COLD ICICLE.
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44. THEY SET OFF AGAIN,
BUT WITHOUT HIS FUNNEL,
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45. THE JOURNEY WAS
VERY DIFFICULT.
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46. THEN HIS FIREMEN SAW
AN OLD DRAINPIPE
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47. LYING BESIDE THE TRACK.
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48. "WE'LL USE THAT
INSTEAD OF YOUR FUNNEL.
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49. AT LEAST IT'LL HELP
CONTROL THE SMOKE."
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50. PETER SAM FINISHED
HIS JOURNEY
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51. WITH THE DRAINPIPE
WIRED TO HIS BOILER.
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52. THE OTHER ENGINES LAUGHED
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53. AND SIR HANDEL
SANG A SONG ABOUT IT.
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54. THE TEASING CONTINUED
UNTIL, AT LAST,
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55. THE DAY CAME
WHEN HIS NEW FUNNEL ARRIVED.
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56. SIR TOPHAM HATT
PROUDLY PRESENTED IT.
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57. "OH, DEAR,
SOMEONE SQUASHED IT,"
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58. SAID PETER SAM.
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59. BUT SIR TOPHAM HATT LAUGHED,
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60. "DON'T WORRY, PETER SAM.
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61. "THIS FUNNEL IS
SOMETHING SPECIAL INDEED.
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62. YOU'LL SOON SEE."
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63. PETER SAM'S NEW FUNNEL
HAD SPECIAL PIPES
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64. WHICH MADE PUFFING
MUCH EASIER.
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65. "I FEEL STRONGER
THAN EVER BEFORE,"
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66. HE HUMMED.
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67. EVEN SIR HANDEL
WAS IMPRESSED.
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68. "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
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69. "PETER SAM JUST SEEMS
TO STROLL ALONG THE LINE.
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70. HE MAKES WORK
LOOK SO EASY."
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71. THE ENGINES DON'T LAUGH
AT PETER SAM'S FUNNEL NOW.
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72. THEY WISH
THEY HAD ONE LIKE IT.
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73. SIR HANDEL IS VERY PROUD
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74. OF HIS BIG STURDY WHEELS.
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75. THEY HAVE BROAD TIRES
AND HOLD WELL TO THE RAILS.
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76. BUT THEY ARE UNUSUAL.
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77. ONE DAY THE OTHER ENGINES
WOULDN'T STOP TEASING HIM.
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78. "LOOK AT
HIS STEAMROLLER WHEELS,"
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79. THEY JOKED.
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80. "BE QUIET,"
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81. SNORTED SIR HANDEL.
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82. "YOU'RE JEALOUS."
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83. "DON'T WORRY,"
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84. SOOTHED PETER SAM.
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85. "THE ENGINES ALL TEASED ME
ABOUT MY SPECIAL FUNNEL
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86. UNTIL THEY LEARNED
HOW USEFUL IT IS."
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87. "DID YOU HEAR THAT,"
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88. HUFFED SIR HANDEL.
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89. "MY WHEELS ARE SPECIAL
LIKE PETER SAM'S FUNNEL.
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90. I CAN GO FASTER
THAN ANY OF YOU."
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91. SKARLOEY HAD A PLAN
TO MAKE SIR HANDEL SEE SENSE.
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92. "WITH YOUR GRAND WHEELS,
SIR HANDEL,"
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93. SAID SKARLOEY,
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94. "YOU'RE JUST THE ENGINE
TO TACKLE GEORGE."
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95. "WHO'S GEORGE?"
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96. "THAT STEAMROLLER
OVER THERE,"
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97. REPLIED SKARLOEY.
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98. "LISTEN..."
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99. THE STEAMROLLER WAS MAKING
RUDE REMARKS
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100. ABOUT THE ENGINES.
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101. "RAILWAYS ARE NO GOOD!
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102. "TURN THEM INTO ROADS.
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103. "PULL 'EM UP,
TURN THEM INTO ROADS.
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104. "RAILWAYS ARE NO GOOD!
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105. "TURN THEM INTO ROADS.
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106. PULL 'EM UP,
TURN THEM INTO ROADS."
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107. "DON'T WORRY,"
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108. SAID SIR HANDEL,
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109. "LEAVE HIM TO ME.
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110. "I'LL SEND HIM PACKING.
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111. GEORGE WILL SOON GET
A RUN FOR HIS MONEY."
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112. LATER THAT MORNING, GEORGE
WAS AT THE LEVEL CROSSING.
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113. "HUH, YOU'RE SIR HANDEL
I SUPPOSE."
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114. SIR HANDEL WAS
STANDING NO NONSENSE.
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115. "AND YOU, I SUPPOSE,
ARE GEORGE.
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116. YES, I'VE HEARD OF YOU."
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117. "AND I'VE HEARD OF YOU.
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118. "YOU SWANK AROUND WITH
YOUR STEAMROLLER WHEELS,
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119. PRETENDING YOU'RE
AS GOOD AS ME!"
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120. "ACTUALLY...
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121. I'M BETTER,
GOODBYE."
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122. GEORGE CHUFFERED ON,
FUMING.
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123. LATER THAT DAY, SIR HANDEL
BROUGHT A SPECIAL LOAD DOWN
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124. AFTER THE LAST TRAIN HAD GONE.
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125. WHEN HE HAD REACHED THE ROAD,
HE SAW GEORGE TRAVELING HOME.
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126. SIR HANDEL TRIED TO ATTRACT
HIS ATTENTION.
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127. "PEEP, PIP, PEEP."
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128. GEORGE TOOK NO NOTICE.
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129. THERE WAS BARELY ROOM TO PASS.
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130. SIR HANDEL WAS CROSS.
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131. "GET OUT OF MY WAY,
YOU GREAT CLUMSY ROAD HOG."
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132. "HUH! I DON'T MOVE
FOR IMITATION STEAMROLLERS.
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133. "YOU DON'T OWN THE ROAD.
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134. GET OUT OF MY WAY."
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135. THEN THERE WAS TROUBLE.
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136. "UNH!"
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137. CRIED SIR HANDEL.
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138. "THAT WAS
YOUR FAULT."
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139. "NO IT WASN'T,
IT WAS YOURS."
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140. EVERYONE WAS ARGUING
ABOUT WHO WAS TO BLAME.
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141. "HELLO, HELLO, HELLO,"
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142. SAID A POLICEMAN OMINOUSLY.
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143. "AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
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144. THIS MADE EVERYONE
STOP ARGUING.
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145. THEY SET TO WORK CLEARING UP
THE MESS INSTEAD.
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146. NEXT DAY,
THE WORKMEN PUT UP A FENCE
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147. BETWEEN THE ROAD
AND THE RAILWAY.
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148. THEN THEY WENT AWAY,
TAKING GEORGE WITH THEM.
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149. SIR HANDEL THOUGHT
HE HAD MADE GEORGE GO AWAY.
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150. HE TALKED OF NOTHING
BUT STEAMROLLERS.
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151. "OH DEAR,"
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152. WHISPERED SKARLOEY.
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153. "HE'S WORSE THAN EVER.
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154. I'M SORRY MY PLAN
WAS NO GOOD."
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155. "NEVER MIND,"
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156. SAID RUSTY.
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157. "WE'LL THINK OF
SOMETHING ELSE."
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158. BUT THEY HAD NO NEED
TO DO THAT.
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159. SOME BOYS ARRIVED INSTEAD.
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160. THEY POINTED TO THE ENGINE
AND CRIED,
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161. "LOOK!
HERE'S SIR HANDEL.
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162. "HE TRIED TO RACE A STEAMROLLER
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163. BUT THE STEAMROLLER
NEARLY BEAT HIM!"
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164. SIR HANDEL NEVER MENTIONS
STEAMROLLERS NOW.
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