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Once upon a time, not long ago, and not far away, there was a farm, and listen, a drum.

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I think it's a parade, not a circus parade, though.

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But on the farm, just farm animals, there, and now it's stopped.

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The end of the parade, there's the boot, look up.

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Who's playing bass drum, do you think, do you know?

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Let's go to the castle and see, I'll hurry over first, and go in the back door, so that

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I can let the drawbridge down, and open the big front doors for you.

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Are you ready?

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Here's my castle.

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There we are, inside, here's one little chair for one of you, a bigger chair for two more

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to curl up in, and for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair.

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There, now, look up, look up, and if you last, we last rusty about the drum.

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Resty?

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Parade, parade!

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Parade, parade, here comes the parade.

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That's a fine parade.

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Are you the whole parade?

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No.

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Do you all want to be around here now?

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In a little while, do you have giraffe in this parade?

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Giraffe in the parade, too.

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That's good.

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Here he comes.

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Parade!

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I know.

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How long is this parade?

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I'm coming to an end now.

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Here's the end coming up.

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There.

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Oh, that was fun.

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That was good drumming, Rusty.

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It's a...

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Jerome?

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What did my plumes get in your way?

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Oh, plumes.

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They're plumes.

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Yeah, I see.

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You know, sometimes in parades, horses have plumes on and things.

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Are you pretending to be a horse in the parade?

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No, I'm a giraffe.

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You're a giraffe.

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He's a giraffe.

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He's the only giraffe in the parade.

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Oh.

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In fact, he's the only one in the parade.

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You're the whole parade?

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You and Rusty.

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Rusty is the drummer.

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And you're the giraffe.

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And he's a giraffe.

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And we don't have elephants or camels.

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No elephants, no camels.

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Like the parade is a book.

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But the parade's a book hasn't got a giraffe, and we have.

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Rusty asked.

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Rusty asked.

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There.

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What?

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What book?

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Well, the book about the parade.

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Wait for William.

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Oh, that book.

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You know that.

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Yes.

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They have elephants.

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And they have camels.

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Yes.

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But they don't have a giraffe.

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No.

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You don't have a giraffe.

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No.

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And we do.

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Oh, good.

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Let's read the book.

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It's a good story, too.

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Paul.

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You guess that?

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Oh, wait a minute.

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I won't be able to pick up the book with my drum on.

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Oh, well, let me.

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Excuse me.

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Excuse me, Jerome.

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Oh, all right.

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I'll unstrap.

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My, my bass drum.

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You always carry that.

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I never get a chance to carry that drum, Rusty.

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Rusty's a drummer, and he carries the bass drum.

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When you have, you have your clones.

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I know all, but I'm going to carry the drum once in a while.

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Would you like to carry the drum?

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I'm at the book.

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Well, look, I think we could put the drum right here.

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Oh, could you?

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Oh, that would be fun.

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And then we can put the straps right around your ear.

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Oh.

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I've always wanted to have the bass drum friendly.

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There.

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Well, stay there.

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If these straps are too tight, let me know.

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Here's a book friendly.

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Can you help me a little bit?

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Let me help.

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And look, Rusty.

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Look.

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Look at Jerome.

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Oh, my bass drum.

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Oh, that looks nice.

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Wait for William.

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Yes.

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It's all about the parade.

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And it's about William, too.

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And it's about William, too.

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And Charles, it's about these three people.

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Nancy, six Charles, eight, and Williams is four.

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Four years old.

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And it's called, Wait for William.

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And it's by Marjorie Flack.

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The Houghton Nifflin book.

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Mm-hmm.

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Tell them about William.

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All right, what happened there?

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Yes.

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William was four years old.

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And Charles and Nancy were his friends.

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And one day Charles and Nancy came running,

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and what did they say?

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I thought there was a parade coming.

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A circus parade on Main Street, and they were going.

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Everybody was going.

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Yes.

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And Charles was eight, and Nancy was six,

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and they ran ahead, and William ran after them.

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Mm-hmm.

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But he couldn't keep up, could he?

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No.

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And he was further and further behind,

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and then his shoestring came untied.

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And they wouldn't wait.

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No.

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They wouldn't wait for me while I tie my shoestring,

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and they wouldn't wait.

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They wouldn't wait.

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They wouldn't wait.

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Went right on down to Main Street to wait for the parade to come.

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Mm-hmm.

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And they didn't wait for William.

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What did William have to do?

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Well, he had to go by himself.

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He had a tie as shoe.

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He had to stop in a corner.

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Mm-hmm.

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And then what happened?

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Well, then, the parade came...

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Oh, don't tell.

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Don't tell him yet, Jerome.

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Well, I know what happened.

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I know you know.

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Let's keep it at a surprise.

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William stopped to tie his shoelace.

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Yes.

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And he heard circus music coming nearer and nearer,

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and then William saw the circus parade coming to him.

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That's right.

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Coming to William on his way to Main Street.

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And first came the horses.

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Mm-hmm.

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And then came the band on a big bandwagon, I think.

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There he goes on and off and everything.

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Mm-hmm.

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Lions.

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And there they are with red and blue uniforms.

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Mm-hmm.

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And six horses.

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See, they have plumes just like Jerome had.

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That's right.

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And after the band came the camels.

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And someone riding on top.

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And they have a little plume, too.

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Mm-hmm.

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And then came a man leading an elephant.

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Oh.

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And the man saw William.

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He saw William standing all alone.

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All alone because Charles and Nancy and everybody else.

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Everybody else in the whole village of Pleasantville had gone to Main Street

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to see the circus parade.

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Wanna ride?

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Called the man?

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Yeah.

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Yes, said William.

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Mm-hmm.

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So the man lifted William up, up high on the elephant.

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And?

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Not high, too.

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William and the elephant.

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Paradeed along to Main Street.

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Mm-hmm.

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One, two, elephants, two camels.

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And the band.

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Eight horses.

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Mm-hmm.

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Nine horses.

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Nine horses?

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William was so high.

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The branches of the trees were near him.

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And he looked down, way down on all the people of Pleasantville,

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as they stood on Main Street to see the circus parade.

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Almost as high as you, Jerome.

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William passed by the drugstore.

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He passed by the grocery store.

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And he passed by the church.

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And then, when he came to the post office,

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William looked down, way down.

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And there he saw Charles and Nancy and all their friends.

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See?

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There they are.

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Watching.

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Charles and Nancy and all their friends looked up, way up.

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And they're on top of the elephant.

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They saw William riding the elephant in the circus parade.

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Look at William, shouted Charles.

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Look at William!

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Shouted Nancy.

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And look at William, shouted all their friends.

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And then, they all ran along beside William,

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as he rode the elephant in the circus parade.

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Yes.

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They went up Summer Street and then down High Street.

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And then they came to the corner of Pollywinkle Lane.

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And then the man lifted William down.

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He lifted William down, way down to the ground again.

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Thank you for the elephant ride, said William.

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And the man said, you're welcome.

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And then the man and the elephant went away.

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And not many children ever get an elephant ride.

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Tell us about it, said Charles.

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Tell us about it, big Nancy.

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Tell us about riding the elephant in the circus parade.

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Bigged all their friends.

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But William said, wait.

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Oh, wait.

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My other shoe is untied.

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Oh, I remember this part.

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Very well.

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You think they waited?

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Well, this time finally.

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Charles waited.

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And Nancy waited.

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And all their friends waited.

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While William tied the shoestring in a good firm knot.

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And they waited while he slowly and carefully made the ends into a proper knot.

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Proper, neat bow.

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And then slowly they walked.

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Walked slowly with William as he told them about riding the elephant down Main Street.

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Down Main Street in the circus parade.

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Oh.

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They waited.

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They waited that time.

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Well, they had to find out how he got on that elephant.

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They didn't wait the first time.

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No, but.

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And he was walking slow too.

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Yes, he was four years old.

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He was not as old as the others.

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Charles was eight.

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And one of them, Nancy was six.

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Oh.

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Rusty?

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What?

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Would you get the Giants played, please?

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Oh, all right.

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That was a good circus parade, but it didn't have a giraffe.

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No, I didn't.

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I didn't have a giraffe carrying a bass drum.

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Here it is.

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There.

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Well, it's the first time I've ever had the bass drum.

280
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Mm-hmm.

281
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Can you play the bass drum, then, drum during the sleepy music?

282
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Well, I couldn't play it.

283
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Well, I could hit it, maybe.

284
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You couldn't hit it with your ear.

285
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Play it by ear.

286
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No.

287
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No.

288
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Don't go that far.

289
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Rusty, can you reach?

290
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Way over there.

291
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I'll move over here.

292
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Way over.

293
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There.

294
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Hit it now.

295
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Let's see.

296
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How's that?

297
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That's good.

298
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Ready?

299
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Hi, Willie.

300
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AHH!

301
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Oh, my head's ringing a little loud.

302
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Oh…

303
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Oh, my butt!

304
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Ooh, that looks funny.

305
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Oh!

306
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Goodnight.

307
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Goodnight, friendly.

308
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Goodnight, Gerald.

309
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Goodnight, friendly.

310
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It is late.

311
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light. This little chair will wait for one of you and the rocking chair for

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another who likes to rock and the big arm chair for two more to curl up in when

313
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you come again to our castle. Now I'll close the big front doors and pull up the

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drawbridge after you're gone. Good night. Good night.

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