1. SIR HANDEL HAD BEEN NAUGHTY,
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2. SO SIR TOPHAM HATT MADE HIM
STAY IN THE SHED FOR AWHILE.
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3. PETER SAM WAS
NOW BUSIER THAN EVER.
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4. HE HAD TO DO
SIR HANDEL'S WORK,
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5. AS WELL AS HIS OWN.
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6. HE WAS VERY EXCITED
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7. AND THE FIREMEN FOUND HIM
HARD TO HANDLE.
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8. "HMPM! ANYONE WOULD THINK
THAT HE WANTEDTO WORK,"
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9. SAID SIR HANDEL,
WHO WAS LONELY AND BORED.
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10. "ALL RESPECTABLE ENGINES DO,"
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11. REPLIED SKARLOEY.
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12. "KEEP CALM, PETER SAM,
AND YOU'LL DO WELL!"
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13. BUT PETER SAM
WAS IN SUCH A STATE
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14. THAT HE COULDN'T LISTEN.
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15. HE COLLECTED SOME COACHES
AND WENT ON HIS WAY.
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16. BUT SOMEHOW,
THE FASTER HE WANTED TO GO,
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17. THE SLOWER
THE JOURNEY BECAME.
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18. WHEN PETER SAM FINALLY
FUSSED INTO THE STATION
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19. HENRY WAS ALREADY THERE.
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20. "THIS WON'T DO,
YOUNGSTER,"
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21. SAID HENRY.
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22. "I CAN'T BE KEPT WAITING.
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23. "IF YOU'RE LATE TONIGHT,
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24. I'LL GO OFF AND LEAVE
YOUR PASSENGERS BEHIND."
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25. "PUU,"
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26. SAID PETER SAM.
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27. SECRETLY,
HE WAS A LITTLE WORRIED.
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28. BUT NOT FOR LONG.
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29. THE CONDUCTOR
BLEW HIS WHISTLE
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30. AND WAVED HIS GREEN FLAG.
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31. PETER SAM PUFFED HAPPILY AWAY
SINGING A LITTLE SONG.
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32. WHAT FUN IT ALL IS,"
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33. HE THOUGHT AS HE JOURNEYED
ALONG THE LINE.
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34. THE COACHES
ENJOYED THEMSELVES TOO.
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35. THEY WERE GROWING
FOND OF PETER SAM.
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36. EVERY AFTERNOON
THEY HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR
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37. AT THE STATION BY THE LAKE.
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38. THE STATION HAS A LITTLE SHOP
SELLING REFRESHMENTS.
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39. THE CONDUCTOR,
FIREMAN, AND THE GUARD
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40. BUY TEA AND CAKES
FROM THE REFRESHMENT LADY.
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41. AT LAST,
THE WAITING WAS OVER
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42. AND PETER SAM WAS
SIZZLING WITH IMPATIENCE.
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43. "BEEP! BEEP!
HURRY UP, PLEASE!"
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44. HE WHISTLED
TO THE PASSENGERS.
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45. "HOW AWFUL,"
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46. HE THOUGHT,
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47. "IF WE MISS HENRY'S TRAIN."
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48. THE CONDUCTOR WAS READY
WITH HIS FLAG AND WHISTLE.
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49. THE REFRESHMENT LADY WAS
MAKING HER WAY TO THE TRAIN.
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50. THEN, IT HAPPENED.
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51. THE CONDUCTOR SAYS THAT
PETER SAM WAS TOO IMPATIENT.
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52. PETER SAM SAYS HE WAS SURE
HE HEARD A WHISTLE.
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53. ANYWAY, HE STARTED.
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54. "STOP, STOP, STOP!"
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55. WAILED THE COACHES.
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56. "YOU'VE LEFT
THE REFRESHMENT LADY BEHIND!"
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57. "BOTHER,"
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58. GROANED PETER SAM.
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59. "WE'RE SURE
TO MISS HENRY NOW."
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60. THE REFRESHMENT
LADY CLIMBED ABOARD
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61. AND THEY STARTED AGAIN.
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62. PETER SAM
DIDN'T SING ANYMORE.
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63. INSTEAD, HE HURRIED
ALONG THE LINE
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64. AS FAST AS HIS WHEELS
AND HIS DRIVER WOULD LET HIM.
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65. THEY ARRIVED AT THE BIG STATION
JUST IN TIME.
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66. "HURRAH,"
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67. SAID PETER SAM.
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68. HE FELT VERY RELIEVED.
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69. "NOT BAD, YOUNGSTER,"
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70. SAID HENRY LOFTILY.
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71. BUT THE REFRESHMENT LADY
WAS STILL CROSS.
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72. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY LEAVING ME BEHIND?"
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73. "I'M SORRY,
REFRESHMENT LADY,"
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74. REPLIED PETER SAM.
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75. "BUT HENRY SAID HE
MIGHT LEAVE WITHOUT US."
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76. THEN THE REFRESHMENT LADY
LAUGHED.
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77. "YOU SILLY ENGINE.
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78. "HENRY WAS TEASING YOU!
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79. "HE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE
WITHOUT HIS PASSENGERS.
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80. HE'S A GUARANTEED CONNECTION."
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81. "WELL,"
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82. SAID PETER SAM,
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83. "WHERE'S THAT HENRY?"
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84. BUT HENRY
HAD CHORTLED AWAY.
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85. EVERY DAY
WHERE THE LITTLE ENGINES WORK,
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86. THE CRISP AIR IS SUDDENLY
FILLED WITH A FAMILIAR NOISE.
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87. THE LAKES AND MOUNTAINS
HAVE MANY VISITORS,
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88. AND HAROLD THE HELICOPTER
FLIES THE SKY
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89. MAKING SURE
THAT NO ONE'S IN TROUBLE.
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90. "ALL PRESENT AND CORRECT.
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91. TIME TO RETURN TO BASE."
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92. THEN HAROLD
NOTICED SOMETHING.
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93. A STURDY DIESEL WAS COMING
'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN.
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94. HAROLD FLEW LOWER
FOR A CLOSER INSPECTION.
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95. "I'M HAROLD,
WHO ARE YOU?"
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96. "I'M RUSTY,"
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97. REPLIED THE DIESEL.
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98. "DON'T RECALL
SEEING YOU BEFORE.
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99. WHAT BRINGS YOU
THIS WAY?"
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100. "SIR TOPHAM HATT SENT ME
TO HELP THE OTHER ENGINES,"
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101. HUFFED RUSTY.
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102. THIS WAS NO TIME
FOR A CHAT WITH A HELICOPTER.
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103. "WELL DONE.
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104. CHEERS...
AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK."
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105. "CHEEKY CHOPPER,"
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106. MUTTERED RUSTY.
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107. "NOT LONG NOW,"
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108. ENCOURAGED THE DRIVER.
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109. "WE'LL SOON BE
AT THE TOP STATION."
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110. PETER SAM AND SIR HANDEL
WERE GLAD TO SEE RUSTY.
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111. EVEN SO, SIR HANDEL
WOULDN'T STOP GRUMBLING.
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112. THE CARS DIDN'T LIKE
SIR HANDEL
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113. AND WANTED TO PLAY
TRICKS ON HIM.
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114. "NO ONE UNDERSTANDS
OUR FEELINGS,"
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115. SYMPATHIZED GORDON.
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116. "NOW, IF YOU WERE ILL,
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117. YOU COULDN'T SHUNT CARS,
COULD YOU?"
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118. "GOOD IDEA,"
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119. REPLIED SIR HANDEL,
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120. "I'LL TRY IT.
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121. HE DID SO NEXT MORNING.
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122. "I DON'T FEEL WELL,"
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123. HE GROANED.
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124. THERE WASN'T TIME
TO EXAMINE HIM,
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125. SO SOME OF HIS CARS
WERE COUPLED
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126. BEHIND PETER SAM'S COACHES.
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127. RUSTY PROMISED
TO FOLLOW WITH THE REST.
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128. PETER SAM DIDN'T MIND
THE EXTRA WORK,
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129. HE LEFT HIS COACHES
AT THE STATION
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130. AND TRUNDLED CHEERFULLY ON.
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131. SOON THEY REACHED THE QUARRY
WHERE THE CARS WERE NEEDED.
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132. EMPTY CARS
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE
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133. ARE HITCHED TO A CABLE.
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134. LOADED ONES AT THE TOP
ARE HITCHED TO ANOTHER.
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135. BY THEIR WEIGHT,
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136. LOADED CARS RUN DOWN
THE STEEP SLOPE,
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137. PULLING
THE EMPTY ONES UP.
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138. PETER SAM DULY WAITED
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE
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139. FOR THE LOADED CARS.
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140. HE NEVER BUMPED CARS,
UNLESS THEY MISBEHAVED.
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141. BUT THE LOADED CARS
COULDN'T SEE HIM PROPERLY.
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142. THEY THOUGHT
HE WAS SIR HANDEL.
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143. THEIR CHANCE FOR TRICKERY
HAD COME.
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144. "FASTER, FASTER!"
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145. THEY YELLED.
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146. "NO, NO!"
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147. WAILED THE EMPTY CARS.
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148. "IT'S PETER SAM."
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149. BUT IT WAS NO USE.
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150. "HURRAH! HURRAH!"
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151. ROARED THE CARS.
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152. PETER SAM SHUT HIS EYES.
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153. "BEEEEP! BEEEEP!"
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154. WAILED PETER SAM.
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155. RUSTY WAS WORKING NEARBY
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156. AND CAME TO HELP
CLEAR UP THE MESS.
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157. "BUST MY BUFFERS!"
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158. EXCLAIMED RUSTY.
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159. "NEVER MIND, PETER SAM,
WE'LL GET YOU OUT."
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160. PETER SAM FELT BATTERED.
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161. HIS FUNNEL WAS CRACKED
AND HIS BOILER DENTED.
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162. "THANK YOU,
RUSTY,"
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163. HE SIGHED,
AND LIMPED SLOWLY HOME.
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164. "I'M SORRY ABOUT
YOUR ACCIDENT,"
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165. SAID SIR HANDEL.
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166. "I ALWAYS STAND
WELL BACK.
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167. CARS DON'T LIKE ME."
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168. "WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME?"
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169. "I DIDN'T THINK."
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170. "YOU NEVER DO.
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171. "YOU CAN
START THINKING NOW
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172. "WHILE YOU'RE DOING
PETER SAM'S WORK,
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173. "AS WELL AS YOUR OWN.
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174. THAT'LL TEACH YOU
TO PRETEND YOU ARE ILL."
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175. SIR HANDEL DID START THINKING,
ABOUT GORDON.
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176. WHEN THE WRECKAGE
WAS CLEARED AWAY
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177. RUSTY SET OFF
ALONG THE LINE.
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178. "SPLENDID
TO SEE YOU AGAIN,"
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179. WHIZZED HAROLD.
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180. "I'M COMPLETING
MY EVENING'S LOOK-ABOUT."
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181. "WELL DONE! CHEERS!
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182. AND KEEP UP
THE GOOD WORK!"
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183. AND THE LITTLE DIESEL
PURRED BACK HOME.
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