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So the Doctor got talking to the King and he told him in plain language that he ought to be ashamed of his post office. Then,医院🌍 giving him a cup of China tea,医院🍁 he explained to him how Zuzana's letter had probably never been delivered to her cousin.
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Mudface's landing on his new home was quite an occasion. The Doctor paddled out alongside of him till they reached the island. Until he set foot on it,多少🌝 John Dolittle himself had not realized what a large piece of ground it was. It was more than a quarter of a mile across. Round in shape,电话号码👏 it rose gently from the shores to the flat centre,电话号码📉 which was a good hundred feet above the level of the lake.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S LAST ORDERThen he turned to the prison guards,多少◽ gave instructions that the Doctor was not to be fed till further orders and stalked out. The door slammed shut with a doleful clang and after one decent breath of fresh air the Doctor was left in the darkness of his stuffy dungeon.
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Even while the Doctor was speaking he noticed a shadow fall across the desk at which he was standing. He looked up. And there at the information window was the ugliest man's face he had ever seen,多少🔭 staring in at the beautiful pearls that still lay on the palm of his hand.
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When Dab-Dab roused the party next morning the sun was shining through the mist upon the lake doing its best to brighten up the desolate scenery around them.
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So the Captain gave him five pounds of the best China tea and thanked him again in the name of the Queen and the government.
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King Koko got to hear of this and he called up one of these stamp collectors and asked him why men should offer high prices for one old used stamp. And the white man explained to him this new craze for stamp collecting that was sweeping over the civilized world.
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