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So they went across to the other side of the little island and started opening oysters. But not another pearl did they find.
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"Of a story?" cried Too-Too.
DAB-DAB'S STORY
"The villain!" grunted the Doctor,附加费™ putting on all the speed he could. "Let's hope he doesn't get away before we reach Fantippo."
"'Good morning! What can I do for you?'"
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"Well,燃油🚆 you could have knocked me down with a feather. Of course,出租车🚊 you must realize that was the first time I had ever heard of any one's being afraid of the dark. It sounds ridiculous enough to all of you,出租车Ⓜ I suppose,燃油🔑 but to me,贵阳🐤 who had always preferred the cool,附加费🌆 calm darkness to the glaring,贵阳🍶 vulgar daylight,贵阳🏫 it seemed then an almost unbelievable thing that anyone could be afraid merely because the sun had gone to bed."I'll bet it's Jack Wilkins,贵阳♏ the cross-eyed pearl fisherman,出租车👙" whispered Dab-Dab. "A man with a face like that would steal anything. And he was the only one,附加费🅰 besides us and Speedy,出租车😫 who knew the pearls were going through the mails. It's Wilkins,出租车🚁 sure as you're alive."
"Build windows in the prison at once,附加费🐐" the Emir said to the guards.
THE END
"I'm afraid that was what brought on the attack,燃油👢" said the Doctor,贵阳✈ getting out his little black bag from the canoe and mixing some medicines. "But you know you really ought to move out of this damp country to some drier climate. I am aware that turtles can stand an awful lot of wet. But at your age one must be careful,出租车🌉 you know."
CHAPTER V
With a flap of her wings,附加费♊ Dab-Dab flew right through the open window and was gone into the night,燃油📄 while the Doctor grabbed his little black medicine bag and,贵阳📱 calling to the gull to follow him,出租车😠 ran down to the other end of the houseboat,贵阳💟 untied the canoe and jumped in. Then he pushed off,燃油💘 headed around the island of No-Man's-Land and paddled for all he was worth for the seaward end of Cape Stephen."'Ah,贵阳🌳 hah!' he cried. 'A white mouse! The very thing I've been wanting!'
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In fact,燃油🎊 the Doctor used to discharge him for rudeness regularly about once a month. And the city mails always got tied up soon after. But,出租车👼 to the Doctor's great relief,出租车😀 the City Manager always came back just when the tie-up was at its worst and put things right again.CHAPTER II
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Late that same afternoon the Doctor returned to Chief Nyam-Nyam's village. And with him he took the cormorant as well as Dab-Dab and his animals."Oh,燃油📼 yes,出租车🐣" said John Dolittle. "All in good time,燃油🔑 Dab-Dab."