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behind¡¡him¡¡in¡¡the¡¡wood¡£
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the¡¡Englishman¡¡happened¡¡to¡¡climb¡¡up¡¡into¡¡the¡¡very¡¡same¡¡tree¡¡on
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he¡¡went¡¡without¡¡saying¡¡a¡¡word¡¡to¡¡the¡¡Irishman£»¡¡and¡¡everything
happened¡¡to¡¡him¡¡just¡¡as¡¡it¡¡had¡¡done¡¡to¡¡the¡¡Scotsman¡£
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it¡£'
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'I¡¡won't£»'¡¡he¡¡said¡£
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open¡¡the¡¡door£»¡¡and¡¡there¡¡were¡¡three¡¡of¡¡them¡¡for¡¡every¡¡one¡¡that
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single¡¡spark¡¡of¡¡life¡¡in¡¡you¡¡when¡¡the¡¡day¡¡comes£»¡¡the¡¡stuff¡¡that¡¡is
in¡¡this¡¡bottle¡¡will¡¡make¡¡you¡¡as¡¡sound¡¡as¡¡ever¡¡you¡¡were¡£'
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were¡¡three¡¡at¡¡him¡¡for¡¡every¡¡one¡¡that¡¡was¡¡there¡¡the¡¡two¡¡nights
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when¡¡he¡¡pleased£»¡¡waken¡¡the¡¡men¡¡who¡¡had¡¡been¡¡sleeping¡¡there£»¡¡some
of¡¡them¡¡for¡¡sixteen¡¡years¡£
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spell¡¡and¡¡is¡¡now¡¡free¡£'
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ready¡¡next¡¡morning¡¡at¡¡nine¡¡o'clock£»¡¡when¡¡she¡¡would¡¡come¡¡for¡¡him
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at¡¡this£»¡¡and¡¡next¡¡morning£»¡¡when¡¡the¡¡time¡¡was¡¡drawing¡¡near£»¡¡went
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pin¡¡out¡¡of¡¡his¡¡pocket£»¡¡and¡¡stuck¡¡it¡¡into¡¡the¡¡back¡¡of¡¡the
Irishman's¡¡coat¡¡without¡¡his¡¡noticing¡¡it£»¡¡whereupon¡¡he¡¡fell¡¡sound
asleep¡£
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