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Excuse me, Miss Lucy?
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Why didn't Tommy get the ball?
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When it bounced over the fence,
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it couldn't have been far from him.
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The fence is the boundary of the Hailsham grounds.
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We don't go outside the boundary, Miss Lucy.
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It's too dangerous.
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Dangerous?
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There was once a boy who had a big row with all his friends
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and then ran off beyond the boundary.
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They found him, two days later, in the woods,
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tied to a tree.