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Speaker 1: Welcome to sleep Tight.

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Speaker 2: Stories, Chapter seven. Shut up.

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Speaker 1: As she was in the basket, Blackie could see little

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Speaker 1: of what was going on about her or where she

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Speaker 1: was being carried. There were little cracks in the basket,

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Speaker 1: to be sure, but one cannot see much through such cracks,

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Speaker 1: especially when being carried along and bobbing up and down.

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Speaker 1: Oh dear, thought Blackie, this isn't at all nice. It's

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Speaker 1: like the time when Arthur and Mabel brought me away

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Speaker 1: from the farm. They put me in a basket. Then

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Speaker 1: I remember that very well. Though I was only a

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Speaker 1: little kitten, Blackie could tell that Missus Thompson was carrying

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Speaker 1: the basket. For every little while, the lady would speak

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Speaker 1: to the pet cat. Don't be afraid, now, Blackie. The

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Speaker 1: lady would say, you will be all right in a

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Speaker 1: little while. Now thing she'll hurt you. And Missus Thompson

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Speaker 1: spoke in such a gentle voice, just the kind that

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Speaker 1: cats and dogs like to hear. That Blackie fel felt better.

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Speaker 1: I guess it will be all right, thought the black cat.

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Speaker 1: I'll try to go to sleep, and when I wake up,

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Speaker 1: I maybe in the nice country. Blackie curled up in

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Speaker 1: a little ball in the basket and tried to go

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Speaker 1: to sleep, but it was hard work. The basket kept

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Speaker 1: bobbing up and down, and then after a while Blackie

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Speaker 1: felt herself being set down basket and awe. Then followed

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Speaker 1: a strange rumbling sound, like distant thunder. Blackie remembered that

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Speaker 1: for she knew what thundershowers were, and she did not

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Speaker 1: like them nor rain. Oh dear, thought the black cat.

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Speaker 1: I hope it isn't going to lighten. I can't bear that. Still,

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Speaker 1: it can't hurt me in the basket. But it did

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Speaker 1: not seem to be a storm. The low rumbling noise

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Speaker 1: kept up, and Blackie felt herself, basket and all being

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Speaker 1: gently jiggled, as she said afterward, Then Blackie began to

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Speaker 1: feel sleepy. Oh, I know where I am now, She

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Speaker 1: suddenly thought, I'm on a railroad train, just as when

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Speaker 1: Arthur and Mabel brought me from the country. Missus Thompson

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Speaker 1: has brought me to the railroad car in the basket,

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Speaker 1: and that's what makes the rumblings out. It's the car wheels.

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Speaker 1: Now I can go to sleep in peace, and when

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Speaker 1: I awaken, I will be in the nice country. How

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Speaker 1: long she slept, Blackie did not know, but when she

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Speaker 1: did wake up, she found herself being lifted up in

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Speaker 1: the basket again. I guess we must be in the country,

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Speaker 1: she thought. Now I shall have some nice milk, and

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Speaker 1: perhaps I may see my brothers and sisters. Blackie felt

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Speaker 1: herself being carried out in the air, for she could

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Speaker 1: feel the gentle summer breeze blowing on her through the

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Speaker 1: cracks in the basket. Then she heard a lot of

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Speaker 1: strange noises which frightened her. There were shouts and yells,

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Speaker 1: the puffing of engines, the ringing of bells, and the

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Speaker 1: blowing of whistles. Oh dear, what can this be, thought Blackie.

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Speaker 1: I guess it must be the railroad station where the

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Speaker 1: Chuchu car stop, as Mabel used to call them when

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Speaker 1: she was a little girl and I was a little kitten,

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Speaker 1: And that is where Blackie was. The train Missus Thompson

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Speaker 1: had taken to reach the station, and she had just

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Speaker 1: gotten out of with her cat in the basket. My

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Speaker 1: I did not know the country was as noisy as this,

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Speaker 1: thought Blackie. But she was not quite in the country yet.

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Speaker 1: You see, Missus Thompson had to take a wagon to

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Speaker 1: get to her country.

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Speaker 2: Place.

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Speaker 1: Blackie felt her basket being set down, and she heard

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Speaker 1: Missus Thompson talking to some man about trunks and boxes

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Speaker 1: and about bringing up a carriage and things like that. Then,

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Speaker 1: all at once Blackie noticed that the cover of her

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Speaker 1: basket was loose. There was a hole out of which

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Speaker 1: breath of fresh air and look around, said Blackie to herself.

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Speaker 1: Out of the basket, she popped her head and she

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Speaker 1: saw Missus Thompson standing a little way off on the

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Speaker 2: On the track.

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Speaker 1: To one side was the train which had brought Blackie

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Speaker 1: and Missus Thompson to the country. The engine was puffing

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Speaker 1: and the bell was ringing for the train was about

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Speaker 1: a dreadfully loud noise, almost like a gun being fired,

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Speaker 1: and then followed by a loud whistle. Whooooooo oh my,

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Speaker 1: oh my, cried poor frightened Flacky to herself. This is dreadful.

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Speaker 1: It must be a terribly big dog after me. I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to stay in this basket and be bitten.

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Speaker 2: With that.

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Speaker 1: Blackie gave a sudden jump and out of the basket

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Speaker 1: she went, knocking it over the whistle of the steam engine,

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Speaker 1: and the loud noise which sounded like a gun, but

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Speaker 1: which was only the train giving a strong puff of steam.

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Speaker 2: To get started.

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Speaker 1: All these noises kept getting louder and louder, and Blackie

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Speaker 1: was so scared that she ran along the station platform

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Speaker 1: until she found some boxes and barrels, and in among.

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Speaker 2: These she ran to hide.

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Speaker 1: At least the dog can't get me in here, thought

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Speaker 1: the black cat. I am safe for a time. Oh

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Speaker 1: what a lot of adventures I am having. I guess

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Speaker 1: even Speckle would say these are enough to make one

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Speaker 1: a good fence jumper. I jumped out of the basket anyhow,

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Speaker 1: Hidden as she was behind the boxes and barrels, Blackie

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Speaker 1: could not see Missus Thompson. Now I'll just stay here

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Speaker 1: until everything gets quiet, thought Blackie. Then I'll come out

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Speaker 1: and go to Missus Thompson's country house, for I like her,

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Speaker 1: and I'll stay with her a little longer before I

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Speaker 1: go away again and make a journey back to Arthur

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Speaker 1: and Mabel. Blackie did not stop to think that perhaps

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Speaker 1: she might not be able to find her way to

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Speaker 1: Missus Thompson's country house, which the black cat had never seen.

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Speaker 1: All Blackie thought of was hiding away from the noise.

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Speaker 1: The train puffed away, and it grew more quiet about

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Speaker 1: the station, but still there were quite a number of sounds.

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Speaker 1: Men and boy walked up and down the platform, whistling

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Speaker 1: and calling one to another. I won't walk out yet,

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Speaker 1: thought Blackie. Meanwhile, Missus Thompson, having finished telling the expressman

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Speaker 1: about bringing her trunks to the country house, looked around

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Speaker 1: for the basket with Blackie in it. She saw the

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Speaker 1: basket turned on its side, but no cat in it. Oh, dear,

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Speaker 1: cried Missus Thompson.

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Speaker 2: Where is Blackie gone?

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Speaker 1: Blacky, Blacky, where are you? But Blackie did not meow

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Speaker 1: or purr an answer. She did not even hear Missus

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Speaker 1: Thompson calling for Just then, a baggage man wheeled a

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Speaker 1: rumbling truck along the platform, and it made a great noise.

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Speaker 1: Oh where could my cat have gone to, asked Missus Thompson.

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Speaker 1: I must find her. Did anyone see her? I saw

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Speaker 1: a black cat jump out of the basket just as

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Speaker 1: the engine whistled, said a man. That was Blackie, said

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Speaker 1: Missus Thompson. Which way did she run. I'll give a

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Speaker 1: dollar to get her back. She ran down the platform,

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Speaker 1: spoke another man. I'll see if I can find her

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Speaker 1: for you, and so will we, said two or three boys.

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Speaker 1: They would have been glad to find Blackie to get

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Speaker 1: the dollar.

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Speaker 2: I guess.

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Speaker 1: Then began a search for the black cat, but no

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Speaker 1: one found her, for Blackie knew how to hide well

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Speaker 1: in among the boxes and barrels. Well, I guess she

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Speaker 1: has run away, said Missus Thompson. At last, I'll have

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Speaker 1: to go on to my country house alone.

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Speaker 2: If any of.

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Speaker 1: You men around the depot find her, please save her

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Speaker 1: for me. We will, said the railroad men. Missus Thompson

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Speaker 1: drove away in a carriage, taking the empty basket with her.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry I had to run away from such a

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Speaker 1: nice lady, thought Blackie. In her hiding place. I'll go

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Speaker 1: back to her after dark. Blackie was not hungry, for

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Speaker 1: she had been well fed before being shut.

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Speaker 2: Up in the basket.

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Speaker 1: She curled herself snugly up and waited. Pretty soon the

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Speaker 1: men and boys stopped looking for her, and after a

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Speaker 1: while it grew more quiet about the railroad station. I

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Speaker 1: guess I can come out now and look around thought

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Speaker 1: the black cat. I'll start off in the country, and

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Speaker 1: I ought to be able to find missus Thompson's house.

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Speaker 1: I think she must live in a quiet place, for

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Speaker 1: she was so quiet in her city house, living all

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Speaker 1: alone except for me. Blackie stuck her nose out a

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Speaker 1: little way from in between two barrels. She sniffed the air,

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Speaker 1: and she smelled no danger. Then she looked around and

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Speaker 1: came out. She ran down the platform a little way.

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Speaker 1: There were no trains at the station now, for which

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Speaker 1: Blackie was glad. Now for a nice trip to the country,

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Speaker 1: thought Blackie. She looked across the road and saw that

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Speaker 1: the station was near a little country town. There were

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Speaker 1: wagons going up and down the street, but not as

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Speaker 1: many as in the city where Blackie had come from.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if I can get a drink anywhere around here,

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Speaker 1: thought Blackie. So she sniffed the air hard, and she

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Speaker 1: smelled some water. She went toward it and saw not

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Speaker 1: far away a drinking fountain for horses. Some of the

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Speaker 1: water dripped down and had made a little puddle on

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Speaker 1: the ground. I'll get a drink there, thought Blackie. And

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Speaker 1: while she was drinking, something else happened to her