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"And then he told me all about Doctor Dolittle. This was around the time when the Doctor first began to be famous among the animals. But I,首席🔆 living alone with the old rat at the dyer's shed,首席🌼 had not heard the news.
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PEARLS AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS
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"The fall of the year 1492 was a stormy season. Gales and squalls were blowing up all the time and we did not get started on our trip until the second week in October. My ancestor had been the leader of the flock for a long time. But he had grown sort of old and feeble and a younger bird was elected in his place to lead the Golden Jays to Venezuela that year. The new leader was a conceited youngster,新娘❌ and because he had been chosen he thought he knew everything about navigation and weather and sea crossings.
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And she went off to fetch the Skimmer.
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Nearly all of the history of Doctor Dolittle's post office took place when he was returning from a voyage to West Africa. Therefore I will begin (as soon as I have told you a little about how he came to take the journey) from where he turned his ship towards home again and set sail for Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.
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