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Speaker 1: Welcome sleep Tight Stories, chapter eleven. That's the time I

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Speaker 1: scared a dog, said Blackie to herself, laughing, for she

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Speaker 1: not very often. Then Blackie saw something strange. Up on

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Speaker 1: Asked the dog, as he began to turn around, not

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Speaker 1: I will not, said the dog, and then he turned

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Speaker 1: He ran down the stoop, and Blackie could not help

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Speaker 1: And then, to her surprise, Blackie saw that it was

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Speaker 1: as Mabel used to play with. Well did you ever,

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Speaker 1: Later on, when Blackie had gone, the dog came out

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Speaker 1: you nice, big black cat, exclaimed the little girl. Did

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Speaker 1: said the little girl. I'm going to get you a

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Speaker 1: that I've felt better, answered Blackie, and she told her

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Speaker 1: for flop Ear was a funny little rabbit. Do you

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Speaker 1: Lady Munch, exclaimed Blackie. Who is she? She is my grandmother,

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Speaker 1: answered Flopier, and we like her very much. But excuse me,

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Speaker 1: about that, said Flopier. I was told never to play

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Speaker 1: What do you eat, asked Flopier as he hopped along

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Speaker 1: answered Blackie. I ran away from home, you see, to

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Speaker 1: said the white rabbit. I never was lost, and I

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Speaker 1: not need to learn to jump, Blackie told Flopier. For

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Speaker 1: good jumpers, said Flopier. But I never tried to jump

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Speaker 1: am tired of being a lost cat, sighed Blackie. Blackie

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