1. Mother, Father, what's afoot?
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2. Only Possum, black as soot.
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3. Mother, Father, where to tread?
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4. Far from Possum and his head.
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5. Here's a bag, now what's inside?
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6. Does he seek or does he hide?
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7. Can you spy him, deep within?
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8. Little Possum, black as sin.
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9. - Did you hear about it?
- I know where that happened.
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10. Where?
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11. - He doesn't know.
- All right.
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12. - Where, then?
- Fallmarsh Woods.
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13. Liar.
They ain't even said who it was.
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14. - Besides, it was the old army barracks.
- Whereabouts?
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15. Fallmarsh Woods,
the police said.
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16. Liar.
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17. Well, my uncle told me,
and his neighbour's a policeman.
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18. Bollocks is he.
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19. He knows all about you.
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20. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Stop! Why you hittin' me? Stop.
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21. - Stop, both of you. Stop.
- Fallmarsh, next stop.
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22. What were you drawing?
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23. Maurice?
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24. Bag is open, growing wider.
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25. What's inside, man or spider?
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26. Little boy, don't lose your way.
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27. Possum wants to come and play.
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28. Going in?
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29. No.
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30. Mind of its own?
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31. The legs are impressive.
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32. - What exactly is it?
- It's a puppet.
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33. You show that to children?
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34. I'm destroying it.
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35. Even the head?
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36. I heard about your performance.
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37. An old teaching colleague of mine
wrote to me.
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38. A scandal, by all accounts.
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39. They'll take me back, once that's gone.
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40. Now you won't get something
from the jar.
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41. May I have a demonstration?
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42. I wanna see how the legs work.
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43. Before you kill it.
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44. Can't kill it, it's a puppet.
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45. Burn it, will you?
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46. This place is disgusting, Maurice.
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47. King of the castle.
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48. Remember, a demonstration.
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49. Look at Possum, there he lies.
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50. Children, meet his lifeless eyes.
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51. See his nasty legs and tongue.
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52. When he wakens, watch him run.
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53. Philip!
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54. Come in.
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55. I want to borrow the tools.
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56. Please?
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57. - Hungry?
- No.
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58. Roast fox.
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59. Funny.
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60. Dismantling it, are you?
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61. - In my own time, yeah.
- Pity.
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62. Puppetry's the one thing
you were good at.
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63. Staying, are you?
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64. For a while. My house.
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65. Remember this one?
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66. Well made.
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67. My father taught me, you know.
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68. - Runs in the family.
- You're not my father, Maurice.
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69. Bring 'em back.
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70. Police are investigating
the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy
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71. near Fullmarsh, in Norfolk.
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72. Officers are searching
local woodlands and waste ground
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73. in an effort to find the teenager,
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74. who was last seen on his way home
from Marshwood Secondary School
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75. in the area of Full...
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76. Is that you, pervert?
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77. Come on.
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78. Can I ask what you're doing?
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79. Nothing.
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80. Why are you waiting there?
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81. Used to be my school.
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82. Move on, will you?
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83. Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.
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84. Philip!
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85. Wait awhile, my little child,
for what is playing dead.
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86. Possum, with his black balloons,
will eat you up in bed.
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87. Waking up, is it?
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88. Wants to get out.
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89. Something from the jar?
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90. What's in them?
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91. Same as always.
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92. No, then.
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93. All grown up now.
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94. Tell me again about the fox.
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95. Why?
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96. Why not?
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97. No.
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98. Tell me.
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99. We were on the marshes,
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100. me and the other boys.
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101. I'd built a den there.
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102. Out by the bridges there.
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103. I wanted to show 'em.
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104. When we got there, we found a fox.
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105. Thought it had swallowed something,
'cause it was pantin'.
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106. Whole body was shakin'
like it was dyin'.
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107. They started to kick it.
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108. All of 'em. Yeah.
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109. Kicked it around like it was a ball...
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110. Then stuck things in it,
till it was dead.
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111. Then what?
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112. Wanted me to pick it up.
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113. Made me.
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114. They grabbed my head,
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115. pushed my face inside
where it was rotten.
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116. I started to cry.
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117. They laughed.
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118. Ran off and left me.
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119. And then after a while...
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120. the fox...
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121. opened its eyes and stared at me.
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122. Stood up and walked away.
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123. There.
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124. Sly bugger.
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125. Playin' with ya.
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126. Yours, I believe.
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127. Like this house, Maurice.
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128. They're demolishing the old barracks.
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129. About bloody time.
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130. Black as sin, it is.
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131. Going in?
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132. Maurice?
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133. "Possum.
How he came into the world. 1978."
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134. "By Philip Connell."
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135. "After the fire. Possum."
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136. "Was it he who blackened
the very sun above our town?"
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137. "Possum. Does his stare not seem
like the face of waking death?"
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138. "Behold how he came into the world."
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139. "Mother, Father, what's afoot?
Only Possum, black as soot."
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140. "Mother, Father, where to tread?"
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141. "Far from Possum and his head."
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142. "Wait awhile, my little child,
for what is playing dead."
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143. "Possum, with his black balloons,
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144. will eat you up in bed."
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145. "Look at Possum, there he lies."
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146. "Children, meet his lifeless eyes."
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147. "See his nasty legs and tongue.
When he wakens, watch him run."
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148. "Here's a bag, now what's inside?"
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149. "Does he seek, or does he hide?"
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150. "Can you spy him, deep within?"
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151. "Little Possum, black as sin."
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152. "Bag is open, growing wider."
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153. "What's inside it,
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154. man or spider?"
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155. "Little boy, don't lose your way."
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156. "Possum wants to come and play."
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157. - Where'd you get that?
- Fell. From there.
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158. Liar.
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159. Didn't know you could draw as well.
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160. Private.
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161. Is it dead yet?
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162. Mind your own business.
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163. Perhaps it's still playin'.
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164. - You won't see me again, Maurice.
- Won't I?
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165. Train line's down.
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166. Home for the holidays, you are.
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167. But I'd watch
where you're treadin', lad.
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168. - People are talkin'.
- Talkin' about what?
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169. Don't you read the papers?
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170. Why didn't you burn, Maurice, eh?
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171. Hmm?
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172. Why wasn't it you?
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173. Maurice?
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174. Maurice?
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175. Happy valley, painted black,
all the children in a sack.
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176. Wave goodbye to sun and moon.
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177. Say hello to black balloon.
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178. Happened before, I recall.
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179. Your time. After the fire.
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180. Your school, wasn't it?
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181. I taught you there once, remember?
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182. - I remember.
- That business with the fox...
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183. A colleague asked me in
to teach them all a lesson.
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184. Remember their faces.
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185. We showed 'em, didn't we?
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186. Petrified, they were.
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187. Stuffed 'em inside a bag, didn't he?
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188. Wore a mask so they couldn't see him.
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189. There, there, lad.
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190. I had no idea.
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191. I'm sorry. Here.
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192. I had no idea.
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193. Maurice?
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194. Police are widening their search
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195. for missing teenager Michael Browning
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196. who disappeared on his way home
from school on Tuesday afternoon.
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197. Officers are investigating reports
of a man acting suspiciously
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198. near woodlands and waste ground,
close to a former military barracks
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199. in the area of Fullmarsh.
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200. The suspect,
who was wearing a beige raincoat,
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201. was seen several times with a boy
matching Michael's description.
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202. Police are warning members of the public
not to approach the man,
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203. and urge anyone with information
to contact the police on this number...
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204. What are you lookin' for?
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205. I wanna talk to you.
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206. Come.
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207. Someone come 'ere for you.
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208. Who?
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209. Law, I reckon.
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210. - What did they want?
- None of my business.
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211. Said you were out.
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212. Did you find him?
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213. - Who?
- Who you're lookin' for.
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214. - No.
- He'll turn up. They always do.
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215. We burnt it.
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216. You and me, we burnt it, the puppet.
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217. You look confused, lad.
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218. You don't look well.
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219. Your face.
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220. Maybe you best lie low for a while.
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221. I'm goin' away.
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222. Where you goin'?
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223. My business.
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224. You'll have this place to yourself.
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225. Don't bring trouble home.
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226. Bloody kids.
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227. Wait there, please.
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228. Can I see him then, please, miss?
Will I... Will I see him, Mr Grant?
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229. He's my form teacher.
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230. He knows all about it.
He knows what's happened.
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231. Said he'd come with me.
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232. - Come where?
- Police station, miss.
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233. Wait there, please.
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234. OK, will you call them?
And I'll keep him here.
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235. The parcel opened,
out it sprang,
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236. the black long-legged Possum man.
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237. Children, run! He'll eat and smother
any child without a mother.
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238. Maurice!
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239. Maurice!
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240. Maurice!
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241. No, no, no!
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242. No!
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243. - Come to see Mummy and Daddy?
- No, no, no.
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244. - No.
- Dirty boy.
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245. - No. No.
- Playing with the dead.
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246. No.
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247. - No. No, no, no.
- Poor boy.
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248. Poor orphan boy.
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249. - Mummy and Daddy all burned away?
- No.
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250. There, there. Uncle's here, lad.
Uncle Maurice with his fingers.
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251. No.
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252. No!
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253. No... No, no, no.
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254. - Do you like my fingers, boy?
- No.
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255. Have you missed them?
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256. Please... Please, Uncle Maurice, don't.
Please, don't.
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257. Do you want my fingers,
you dirty, filthy boy?
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258. No!
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259. Open up, then!
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260. Open up, I said!
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261. Filthy boy.
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262. Leave home, would ya?
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263. Leave your poor, wicked uncle all alone?
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264. - No, please.
- Poor Philip.
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265. Poor, broken Philip.
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266. All grown up.
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267. No! No.
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268. - Home for a hidin'.
- No.
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269. - Turn over.
- No, Maurice. No.
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270. - Trousers down.
- No. No!
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271. You knew it was me, didn't you, boy?
Out by the barracks.
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272. You knew it was me...
Didn't ya?
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273. - Yes.
- It's where I worked.
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274. Worked everywhere, I have.
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275. But you said nothing. Silly boy.
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276. Now they're huntin' you.
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277. Now you'll get what's comin'.
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278. - Six of the best, then.
- No!
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279. If you cry, I'll start again.
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280. If you cry, I'll start again.
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281. One!
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282. Two!
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283. Three!
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284. Four!
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285. Five!
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286. Six!
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287. Oh, a man now, are ya?
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288. A man now, are ya, boy?
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289. You can't fight me.
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290. Can you feel that, boy?
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291. BTI Studios
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