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<v Speaker 0>The story of Arthur the rat. Once upon
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<v Speaker 0>a time there was a young rat who
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<v Speaker 0>couldn't make up his mind.
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<v Speaker 0>Whenever the other rats asked him if he
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<v Speaker 0>would like to come out hunting with them,
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<v Speaker 0>he would answer in a hoarse voice, I
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<v Speaker 0>don't know. And when they said,
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<v Speaker 0>would you rather stay inside,
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<v Speaker 0>he would say yes
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<v Speaker 0>or no either. He'd always
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<v Speaker 0>shake making a choice.
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<v Speaker 1>One fine day, his aunt Josephine said to
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<v Speaker 1>him, Now look here. No one will ever
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<v Speaker 1>care for you if you would carry on
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<v Speaker 1>like this. You have no more mind of
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<v Speaker 1>your own than a greasy old blade of
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<v Speaker 1>grass.
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<v Speaker 1>The young rat coughed and looked quiet as
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<v Speaker 1>usual, but said nothing.
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<v Speaker 2>Don't you
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<v Speaker 2>think so? Said his aunt, stamping her foot,
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<v Speaker 2>for she couldn't bear to see the young
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<v Speaker 2>rat so cold blooded.
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know was all he ever answered.
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<v Speaker 2>And then he walked off to think for
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<v Speaker 2>an hour or more,
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<v Speaker 2>whether he would stay
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<v Speaker 2>in his hole in the ground
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<v Speaker 2>or go out into the loft.
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<v Speaker 3>One night, the rats heard a loud noise
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<v Speaker 3>in the loft.
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<v Speaker 3>It was a very dreary old place. The
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<v Speaker 3>roof let the rain come down, come washing
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<v Speaker 3>in.
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<v Speaker 3>The beams in the rafters had all rotted
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<v Speaker 3>through, so the whole thing was quite unsafe.
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<v Speaker 3>At last one of the joists gave way
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<v Speaker 3>and the beams fell with one edge on
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<v Speaker 3>the floor.
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<v Speaker 3>The walls shook,
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<v Speaker 3>the cupola fell off,
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<v Speaker 3>and all the rat's hair stood on end
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<v Speaker 3>with fear and horror.
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<v Speaker 4>This won't do for any leader.
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<v Speaker 4>We we can't stay cooped up here any
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<v Speaker 4>longer. So they sent out scouts to start
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<v Speaker 4>exploring their
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<v Speaker 4>home. A little later on that evening, the
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<v Speaker 4>scouts come by and said they'd find an
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<v Speaker 4>old fashioned hard farm
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<v Speaker 4>where there would be room and board for
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<v Speaker 4>all of them. The leader gave the order
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<v Speaker 4>at once, come new, fallen in. And the
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<v Speaker 4>rats crawled out of the hole right away
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<v Speaker 4>and stood on the floor in a long
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<v Speaker 4>line.
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<v Speaker 5>Just then, the old rat caught sight of
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<v Speaker 5>young Arthur.
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<v Speaker 5>That was the name of the shaker.
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<v Speaker 5>He wasn't in the line
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<v Speaker 5>and he wasn't exactly outside it. He stood
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<v Speaker 5>just growled
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<v Speaker 5>the old rat coarsely. 'Of course, you're growled
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<v Speaker 5>the old
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<v Speaker 5>rat coarsely.
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<v Speaker 5>Of course, you're coming too.
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<v Speaker 5>I don't know,
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<v Speaker 5>said Arthur calmly.
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<v Speaker 5>Why, the idea of it. You don't think
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<v Speaker 5>it's safe here anymore,
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<v Speaker 5>do you?
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<v Speaker 6>I'm not certain,
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<v Speaker 6>said Arthur, undaunted.
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<v Speaker 6>Your roof may not fall down yet.
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<v Speaker 6>Well, said the old rat, she can't wait
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<v Speaker 6>for us to for you to join us.
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<v Speaker 6>Then he turned to the other and shouted,
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<v Speaker 6>right about the face, march.
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<v Speaker 6>And the long line marched out
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<v Speaker 6>to burn while the young rat watched him.
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<v Speaker 7>I think I'll go tomorrow, he said to
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<v Speaker 7>himself, but then again, perhaps I won't.
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<v Speaker 7>It's so nice and snug here. I guess
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<v Speaker 7>I'll go back to my hold under the
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<v Speaker 7>log for a while
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<v Speaker 7>just to make up my mind.
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<v Speaker 7>But during the night, there was a big
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<v Speaker 7>crash. Down came beams, rafters, joists, the whole
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<v Speaker 7>business.
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<v Speaker 8>Next morning, it was a foggy day, some
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<v Speaker 8>men came to look over the damage.
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<v Speaker 8>It seemed odd to them that the old
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<v Speaker 8>building was not haunted by rats.
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<v Speaker 8>But at last one of them happened to
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<v Speaker 8>move aboard,
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<v Speaker 8>and he caught sight of a young rat,
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<v Speaker 8>quite dead, half in and half out of
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<v Speaker 8>his hole.
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<v Speaker 8>Thus, the shirker got his due and there
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<v Speaker 8>was no mourning for him.