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except that at just at that point
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the call was for them to get into formation
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and so he had to immediately get into formation,
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it would have been deadly not to do that,
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but he didn't want to lose
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the ferret so he tucked it under his cloak.
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So there he is,
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standing with the other boys at complete attention,
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meanwhile, the ferret is
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gradually eating his way into the boy's side.
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Naturally, he doesn't even blink,
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because if he lets on that he did