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| | Alice's Adventures at the Pantomime - A Bill for a Bombay Duck |
 | | However, it was the most curious of ducks, if duck it were, for it did not have wings so much as fins, and it was covered from tip to tail with scales rather than feathers. |
 | | Indeed, the Duck did seem to enjoy the ceremony attached to the introduction, and having let go of the girl’s hand, it climbed up onto the table and took a bow. |
 | | She closed her eyes, and drew in a deep breath, and shouted for all she was worth: “Sing!” However, to her surprise, the only voice she heard was her own; and opening her eyes she saw that she had been left quite alone. |
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