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“Signalbox” by Pascal Farful (read by Solomon Harries)

You trust your senses, right?  Good. Keep it that way. Because once you start to doubt them, you're seldom able to stop…

Tonight’s story is “Signalbox” by Pascal Farful, who has by now run out of interesting facts about himself, and you can find more of his stories on his SoFurry page.

Read by Solomon Harries, Cuddly Badger Dad.

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left:

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left:

again.
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left:

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left:

enough

left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

us!”

left:

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left:

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left:

wept. “You

left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

if

left:

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left:

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left:

but

left:

don’t

left:

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left:

my

left:

children,

left:

too.”
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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

her

left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

joke.

left:

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left:

she

left:

was

left:

in

left:

too

left:

deep

left:

now.
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left:

growled. “Fine!

left:

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left:

on.”
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left:

against

left:

everything

left:

her

left:

senses

left:

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left:

her,

left:

she

left:

placed

left:

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left:

the

left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

the

left:

radio.

left:

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left:

dialled

left:

in

left:

the

left:

code

left:

for

left:

the

left:

oncoming

left:

train.
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left:

Hotel,

left:

Seven,

left:

Six

left:

this

left:

is Angel Road Signal Box, confirm.”
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left:

Angel

left:

Road,

left:

are

left:

you

left:

there?”
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left:

growl

left:

in

left:

the

left:

static.

left:

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left:

about

left:

the

left:

growl

left:

rang

left:

the

left:

way

left:

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left:

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left:

would.

left:

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left:

was

left:

pleading,

left:

desperate

left:

and

left:

shrill.

left:

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left:

the

left:

more

left:

she

left:

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left:

about

left:

that,

left:

the

left:

more

left:

she

left:

could

left:

hear

left:

the

left:

screams,

left:

like

left:

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left:

in

left:

the

left:

two

left:

sets

left:

of

left:

wires.
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left:

Answer

left:

me!”
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left:

slammed

left:

the

left:

radio

left:

down.
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left:

room

left:

was

left:

darker

left:

now.
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left:

the

left:

light

left:

always

left:

this

left:

dim?
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left:

looked

left:

around

left:

the

left:

box

left:

for

left:

the

left:

emergency

left:

button.

left:

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left:

was

left:

one

left:

here,

left:

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left:

had

left:

shown

left:

her

left:

all

left:

three

left:

buttons

left:

before.

left:

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left:

now,

left:

she

left:

could

left:

find

left:

only

left:

one.
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left:

Open.
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left:

wasn’t

left:

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left:

delusional.

left:

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left:

had

left:

to

left:

have

left:

been

left:

a

left:

mistake.
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left:

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left:

actually

left:

said

left:

there

left:

were

left:

three?

left:

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left:

was

left:

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left:

just

left:

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left:

one?

left:

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left:

all,

left:

why

left:

would

left:

she

left:

need

left:

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left:

set

left:

the

left:

signals

left:

to

left:

red

left:

if

left:

there

left:

was

left:

a

left:

radio?
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left:

red

left:

phone

left:

demanded

left:

attention

left:

again.

left:

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left:

could

left:

hear

left:

the

left:

begging

left:

and

left:

screaming

left:

before

left:

she

left:

had

left:

even

left:

put

left:

the

left:

receiver

left:

to

left:

her

left:

ear.
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left:

still

left:

time!”

left:

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left:

voice

left:

pleaded,

left:

now

left:

louder.

left:

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left:

piercing.

left:

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left:

were

left:

more

left:

voices

left:

too.

left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

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left:

just

left:

coming

left:

out

left:

of

left:

the

left:

phone.

left:

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left:

was

left:

as

left:

if

left:

they

left:

were

left:

coming

left:

from

left:

the

left:

walls

left:

of

left:

the

left:

building.
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left:

nothing

left:

I

left:

can

left:

do!”

left:

Janet

left:

cried.
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left:

was

left:

too

left:

late.
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left:

was

left:

all

left:

too

left:

late.
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left:

grabbed

left:

at

left:

the

left:

desk,

left:

her

left:

claws

left:

tracing

left:

the

left:

scratches

left:

already

left:

deep

left:

in

left:

the

left:

wood.

left:

She

left:

stared

left:

out

left:

the

left:

window.
There

left:

was

left:

nothing

left:

there.
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left:

I

left:

beg

left:

you!”
But

left:

her

left:

eyes

left:

said

left:

no.
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left:

was

left:

nothing

left:

there.
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left:

all

left:

of

left:

this,

left:

all

left:

these

left:

things

left:

around

left:

here

left:

that

left:

had

left:

changed,

left:

one

left:

had

left:

stayed

left:

perfectly

left:

constant.
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left:

was

left:

nothing

left:

on

left:

that

left:

crossing.
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left:

the

left:

distance,

left:

the

left:

sound

left:

and the

left:

light

left:

of

left:

the

left:

oncoming

left:

train

left:

approached.
Janet

left:

realised

left:

that

left:

not

left:

only

left:

could

left:

she

left:

hear

left:

the

left:

train

left:

out

left:

of

left:

the

left:

signal

left:

box

left:

window,

left:

she

left:

could

left:

hear

left:

it

left:

through

left:

the

left:

phone

left:

line.
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left:

gaze

left:

was

left:

fixed

left:

on

left:

the

left:

empty

left:

crossing,

left:

eyes

left:

drying

left:

for

left:

she

left:

dared

left:

not

left:

to

left:

even

left:

blink.
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left:

if

left:

she

left:

was

left:

wrong?

left:

What

left:

if

left:

she

left:

was

left:

tired?

left:

Delusional?

left:

What

left:

if

left:

there

left:

really

left:

was

left:

someone

left:

there

left:

and

left:

she

left:

just…

left:

wasn’t

left:

seeing

left:

right?
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left:

stand

left:

there!

left:

Please!”

left:

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left:

sound

left:

of

left:

the

left:

screaming, the

left:

screaming

left:

voices

left:

seemed

left:

to

left:

reach

left:

out

left:

of

left:

the

left:

speaker

left:

and

left:

pierce

left:

into

left:

her

left:

skull.
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left:

many

left:

people

left:

could

left:

there

left:

be

left:

in

left:

that

left:

car?
And

left:

all

left:

of

left:

them

left:

would die?
She

left:

could

left:

hear

left:

them

left:

trying

left:

the

left:

doors

left:

and

left:

failing.
Janet

left:

stared,

left:

with

left:

her

left:

own

left:

eyes

left:

as

left:

the

left:

train

left:

came

left:

into

left:

view.
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left:

began

left:

to

left:

fill

left:

the

left:

crossing.
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left:

empty

left:

crossing.
She

left:

dug

left:

her

left:

claws

left:

into

left:

the

left:

wood.
Into

left:

the

left:

phone.
As

left:

the

left:

train

left:

reached

left:

the

left:

edge

left:

of

left:

the

left:

crossing, there was a horrific cacophony of metal,

left:

glass

left:

and

left:

screams.
But before her eyes,

left:

the train passed through

left:

the crossing

left:

without

left:

incident.
The

left:

phone

left:

went

left:

dead

left:

within

left:

seconds,

left:

but

left:

it

left:

took

left:

moments

left:

for

left:

Janet

left:

to

left:

notice

left:

it.
Her

left:

claws

left:

had

left:

all

left:

but

left:

torn

left:

the

left:

desk

left:

in

left:

half,

left:

the

left:

phone

left:

handle

left:

cracked

left:

most

left:

of

left:

the

left:

way

left:

down.
The

left:

gates

left:

calmly

left:

opened,

left:

and

left:

a

left:

few

left:

cars

left:

made

left:

safe

left:

passage

left:

across.
Finally,

left:

Janet

left:

remembered

left:

to

left:

blink.
To

left:

breathe.
She

left:

placed

left:

the

left:

phone

left:

down

left:

and

left:

doubled

left:

over,

left:

shellshocked.

left:

The

left:

dial

left:

tone

left:

rang

left:

in

left:

her

left:

ears,

left:

but

left:

she

left:

welcomed

left:

it.

left:

At

left:

least

left:

it

left:

wasn’t

left:

the

left:

screams.
It

left:

was

left:

a

left:

good

left:

thing

left:

there

left:

weren’t

left:

any

left:

more

left:

trains

left:

coming

left:

through,

left:

because

left:

Janet

left:

was

left:

in

left:

no

left:

shape

left:

to

left:

handle

left:

them.
She

left:

looked

left:

over

left:

at

left:

the

left:

override

left:

switches.
All

left:

three

left:

were

left:

there.
As

left:

they

left:

always

left:

had

left:

been.
The

left:

radio

left:

telephone,

left:

in

left:

all

left:

the

left:

panic

left:

she’d

left:

pulled

left:

the

left:

cable

left:

out

left:

of

left:

the

left:

back

left:

of

left:

it

left:

without

left:

knowing.
It

left:

was

left:

impossible

left:

to

left:

explain

left:

what

left:

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left:

call

left:

was.

left:

Maybe

left:

she

left:

was

left:

tired,

left:

maybe

left:

someone

left:

was

left:

just

left:

pranking

left:

her.
Her

left:

claws

left:

hurt.

left:

Her

left:

heart

left:

rate

left:

wasn’t

left:

coming

left:

down

left:

in

left:

a

left:

hurry,

left:

but

left:

it

left:

seemed

left:

that

left:

at

left:

least

left:

her

left:

work

left:

was

left:

done.

left:

Her

left:

scratching,

left:

clawing

left:

and

left:

tight

left:

grip

left:

on

left:

the

left:

phone

left:

had

left:

caused

left:

her

left:

to

left:

cut

left:

into

left:

her

left:

paw

left:

with

left:

her

left:

claws.

left:

She

left:

took

left:

some

left:

time

left:

to

left:

patch

left:

herself

left:

up.
And

left:

tried

left:

to

left:

forget

left:

what

left:

she

left:

had

left:

heard

left:

that

left:

night.
--
The

left:

black

left:

of

left:

night

left:

soon

left:

retreated

left:

to

left:

the

left:

deep

left:

blue

left:

of

left:

a

left:

coming

left:

dawn.
Janet

left:

had

left:

her

left:

equipment

left:

packed

left:

up

left:

and

left:

ready

left:

to

left:

hand

left:

over,

left:

her

left:

paw

left:

bandaged

left:

firmly.

“Morning,”

left:

a skunk

left:

said,

left:

entering

left:

the

left:

signal

left:

box. “Any

left:

incidents

left:

to

left:

report

left:

last

left:

night?”
Janet

left:

shuddered. “Only… a

left:

prank

left:

call.

left:

Nothing

left:

more

left:

than

left:

that.”
The

left:

skunk

left:

folded

left:

her

left:

arms. “You

left:

don’t

left:

look

left:

like

left:

you’ve

left:

slept

left:

in

left:

weeks.

left:

Is

left:

this

left:

your

left:

first

left:

night shift?”
“No,

left:

I…”

left:

the

left:

fox

left:

began.

left:

The

left:

room

left:

hung

left:

quiet

left:

in

left:

expectation,

left:

but

left:

it

left:

was

left:

all

left:

Janet

left:

could

left:

do

left:

not

left:

to

left:

throw

left:

up

left:

then

left:

and

left:

there.
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left:

happened

left:

to

left:

the

left:

desk?”

left:

the

left:

skunk

left:

said. “And

left:

the…

left:

emergency

left:

phone…”
Janet

left:

stared

left:

with

left:

a

left:

vacant

left:

gaze

left:

at

left:

the

left:

skunk,

left:

unable

left:

to

left:

even

left:

muster

left:

an

left:

answer. “I’m

left:

sorry,”

left:

she

left:

whispered

left:

at

left:

last.
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left:

skunk

left:

took

left:

a

left:

deep

left:

breath,

left:

then

left:

nodded. “Alright,

left:

hand

left:

me

left:

the

left:

keys

left:

and

left:

I’ll

left:

take

left:

over

left:

from

left:

here.

left:

See

left:

you

left:

at

left:

the

left:

station

left:

in

left:

a

left:

couple

left:

of

left:

hours.”
Janet

left:

agreed

left:

and

left:

did

left:

as

left:

instructed.

left:

She

left:

gathered

left:

up

left:

her

left:

things

left:

and

left:

walked

left:

down

left:

the

left:

steps

left:

out

left:

of

left:

the

left:

box.
From

left:

there,

left:

she

left:

walked

left:

up

left:

the

left:

road,

left:

headed

left:

for

left:

the

left:

platform

left:

that

left:

would

left:

take

left:

her

left:

home.
When

left:

Janet

left:

walked

left:

over

left:

the

left:

level

left:

crossing,

left:

light

left:

from

left:

a

left:

passing

left:

car

left:

reflected

left:

on

left:

something.
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left:

shook

left:

it

left:

off

left:

and

left:

made

left:

her way

left:

over

left:

to

left:

the

left:

other

left:

side.
But

left:

then,

left:

her

left:

curiosity

left:

took

left:

over.
She

left:

stopped,

left:

turned

left:

her

left:

head.
Another

left:

car

left:

passed.
Another

left:

reflection

left:

into

left:

her

left:

eyes.
This

left:

time

left:

she

left:

saw

left:

it.
Nestled

left:

into the

left:

freshly-cut

left:

shrubbery

left:

were

left:

shards

left:

of

left:

glass.
From

left:

shattered

left:

windows.
Wrapped

left:

in

left:

the

left:

crumpled

left:

body

left:

panels

left:

of

left:

a

left:

bright

left:

red

left:

car.




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left:

was “Signalbox”

left:

by

left:

Pascal

left:

Farful,

left:

read

left:

for you

left:

by

left:

Solomon

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Harries,

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Cuddly

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Badger

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Dad.

left:

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that,

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year,

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Dog.

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next

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week,

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begin

left:

our

left:

winter

left:

schedule,

left:

during

left:

which

left:

you

left:

can

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expect

left:

an

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episode

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every Monday.

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