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Speaker 1: Slicko made it through the night and has gone to

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Speaker 1: look for nuts. When she meets Mapo. They talked for

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Speaker 1: a while. When Mappo says he ran away from the circus,

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Speaker 1: Slicko does not know what a circus is, so Mappo

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Speaker 1: When they arrive, Slicko hears music and boys and men

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Speaker 1: yelling about ice cream and lemonade. Mappo points out some

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Speaker 1: of the different things to see, and when Slicko sees

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Speaker 1: a large animal with two tails, Mapo just laughs. Slicko

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Speaker 1: The Jumping Squirrel, Chapter five. Mappo asked Slicko as she

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Speaker 1: Is that what you call a circus? Mappo? That is

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Speaker 1: a circus, little Slickle, answered the monkey kindly. Slicko saw

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Speaker 1: ice cream, cones, pink lemonade, and peanuts. The last word

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Speaker 1: was the only one Slicko knew, for she had heard

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Speaker 1: that before. Once a squirrel who had lived in a

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Speaker 1: city park came to visit Slicko's mama and papa, and

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Speaker 1: to the park and feed the squirrels peanuts. So Slicko

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Speaker 1: and men shouting about them. So that is a circus,

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Speaker 1: the wind, and heard the nice music. Yes, answered Mapo.

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Speaker 1: Slicko in surprise. Oh well, I got tired of being

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Speaker 1: in a cage all the time, said Mappo, the merry Monkey.

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Speaker 1: said Slicko. They did come once, said Mappo with a laugh.

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Speaker 1: Two tails? Ha ha. Well they do have two tails,

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Speaker 1: a funny animal an elephant is, exclaimed Slicko. And how big,

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Speaker 1: his teeth or tusks, explained Mapple. But you need not

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Speaker 1: Because he is the kindest and most jolly elephant in

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Speaker 1: asked Slicko. No, Squinty did not have a chance, said Mappo,

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Speaker 1: He is very kind to them, and he would be

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Speaker 1: said Slicko. Why would I tell tom Tum the elephant,

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Speaker 1: little like a great rat, said Mapple. Not that it's

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Speaker 1: elephants are very much afraid of rats and mice. I

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Speaker 1: answered Mappo. You can never tell. Just then, the merry

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Speaker 1: little monkey gave a jump and cried out, ah, here

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Speaker 1: meet you. Goodbye, Mappo, cried the little girl squirrel. I

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Speaker 1: feeling rather lonesome without Mappo or for some of her

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Speaker 1: thought Slicko. I may have to stay in this nest

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Speaker 1: she was rather tired my she thought as she sat there,

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Speaker 1: What a lot of things have happened to me since

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Speaker 1: I had to leave my home. An owl tried to

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Speaker 1: and I have seen a creature with two tails, called

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Speaker 1: an elephant. At least an elephant looks as though it

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Speaker 1: tell him I am not a rat or a mouse.

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Speaker 1: What a funny thing it would be if I did.

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Speaker 1: Slicko sat on the edge of the nest for some time,

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Speaker 1: and then she began to feel hungry. I wish I

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Speaker 1: in the circus, said Slicko in a whisper. I know

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Speaker 1: they must be good from what that city park squirrel said.

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Speaker 1: And I wonder what pink lemonade and ice cream cones are.

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Speaker 1: I don't believe they are good to eat. You can

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Speaker 1: see that Slicko had many things to learn, things that

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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, as Slickle was running toward the

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Speaker 1: she heard a crashing sound in the bushes. I wonder

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Speaker 1: a house and dark in color, pushing through the bushes. Why, why,

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Speaker 1: it's an elephant. It's Tom, Tom, exclaimed Slicko as she

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Speaker 1: who is calling to me? Asked the circus elephant in

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Speaker 1: his deep rumbling voice. Who is calling me? I spoke

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Speaker 1: this old stump. Tom Tum, the jolly elephant looked at

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Speaker 1: the little squirrel, and then he began to shiver and

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Speaker 1: a pine tree up against which he was leaning. Oh my,

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Speaker 1: oh dear, this is terrible, cried tom Tum in his big,

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Speaker 1: of this chapter. Good night, sleep tight.

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Speaker 2: Then it goes suck and it goes suck. Think and

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Speaker 2: it goes side? Can think.

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Speaker 1: And change time?

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Speaker 2: Stand still? I couldn't.

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Speaker 1: A bro game the carding good time.

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Speaker 2: So and it goes side this and it goes side

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Speaker 2: and it goes sick.

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