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Straight ahead an arrow pointed to the Beginning of the River; to the left, the Ocean Rocks; and to the right, to the Dragon Ferry. My father was reading all these signs when he heard pawsteps and ducked behind the signpost. STRAIGHT AHEAD AN ARROW POINTED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE RIVER TO THE LEFT THE OCEAN ROCKS AND TO THE RIGHT THE DRAGON FERRY MY FATHER WAS READING ALL THESE SIGNS WHEN HE HEARD PAWSTEPS AND DUCKED BEHIND THE SIGNPOST
d ate four tangerines. He wanted to eat eight or ten, but he had only thirteen left and it might be a long time before he could get more. He packed away all the peels and was about to get up when he heard the familiar voices of the boars. "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes, but wait and see for yourself. All the tigers are sitting around chewing gum to beat the band. Old Rhinoceros is so busy brushing his tusk that he doesn't even look around to see who's going by, and they're all so busy they won't even talk to me!" [Illustration] "Horsefeathers!" said the other boar, now very close to my father. "They'll talk to me! I'm going to get to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I do!" The voices passed my father and went around a curve, and he hurried on because he knew how much more upset the boars would be when they saw the lion's mane tied up in hair ribbons. [Illustration] Before long my father came to a crossroads and he stopped to read the signs. WN UNDER A BABY BANYAN TREE ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL AND ATE FOUR TANGERINES HE WANTED TO EAT EIGHT OR TEN BUT HE HAD ONLY THIRTEEN LEFT AND IT MIGHT BE A LONG TIME BEFORE HE COULD GO GET MORE HE PACKED AWAY ALL THE PEELS AND WAS ABOUT TO GET UP WHEN HE HEARD THE FAMILIAR VOICES OF THE BOARS I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT IF I HADN'T SEEN THEM WITH MY OWN EYES BUT WAIT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF ALL THE TIGERS SITTING AROUND CHEWING GUM TO BEAT THE BAND OLD RHINOCEROS IS SO BUSY BRUSHING HIS TUSK THAT HE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHO'S GOING BY AND THEY'RE ALL SO BUSY THEY WON'T EVEN TALK TO ME HORSE FEATHERS SAID THE OTHER BOAR NOW VERY CLOSE TO MY FATHER THEY'LL TALK TO ME I'M GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO THE VOICES PASSED MY FATHER AND WENT AROUND A CURVE AND HE HURRIED ON BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW MUCH MORE UPSET THE BOARS WOULD BE WHEN THEY SAW THE LION'S MANE TIED UP IN HAIR RIBBONS BEFORE LONG MY FATHER CAME TO CROSS ROAD AND HE STOPPED TO READ THE SIGNS
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