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THE DARK NEST  VOLUME 3

 

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THE COUGH

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There's no mistaking a cough.

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MIRACLE JAM

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A jam that changes everything

MOBY DICK

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Sarah thinks she has found a beached whale

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CHILI

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A cautionary tale from the 1920s. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. And the guilty too.

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TALES OF THE TRICORN

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If the hat fits...

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THE GATHERING
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An empty landscape becomes full

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ODD

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Sometimes a 3-pin plug can have peculiar things at the end of its lead

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THE CHRISTMAS TREE

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It's not always the Season of Goodwill

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FRIENDSHIP

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An intruder disrupts a cosy

evening at home

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THE SINGING
FOREST

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A door leads into a vibrant

new world

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CAKEWALK

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The past is another country

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CHILDE'S PLAY

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A portrait looks out of the frame

and speaks

THE VOICE

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His voice changed overnight

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THE LITTLE MACHINES

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Not everything runs like clockwork

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BETTER THAN
GINSTERS

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It's often hard to get pastry right

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THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME

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Keeping it in the family

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THE PLOUGH

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A field, a tractor and a big sky

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THE JUNGLE BOOK

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Being hairy is not so bad

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THE MAGIC BOOKSHOP

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A surprising place in Lockdown Street

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