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The animals now began to look forward to the evening story-telling -- the way people do to regular habits that are pleasant. And for the next night they arranged among themselves before-hand that it should be Dab-Dab's turn to tell a tale.
After they were all seated on the veranda the housekeeper preened her feathers and in a very dignified voice began: