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So, in two seconds, away we went, a sliding down the river, and it did seem

so good to be free again and ssssssssss

all by ourselves on the big ssssssssss

river and nobody to bother ssssssssss

us. I had to skip around a ssssssssss

bit, and jump up and crack ssssssssss

my heels a few times, I couldn't ssssssssss

help it; but about the third ssssssssss

crack, I noticed a sound that I ssssssssss

knowed mighty well -- and held ssssssssss

my breath and listened and ssssssssss

waited -- and sure enough, when ssssssssss

the next flash busted out over ssssssssss

the water, here they come! -- ssssssssss

and just a laying to their oars ssssssssss

and making their skiff hum I. ssssssssss

It was the king and the duke. ssssssssss

So I wilted right down onto

the planks, then, and give up; ssssssssss

and it was all I could do to ssssssssss

keep from crying. ssssssssss

ssssssssss

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