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Name: The Twenty-One Balloons
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Уильям Пен дю Буа
ISBN: 9780670734412

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rotchenkova

27 октября 2014 г., 15:36

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I knew a little Morse code, so I took a mirror and flashed the message, “I am Professor Sherman of San Francisco and all is well.” The fishing boat, manned evidently by a Japanese crew, slowly flashed back the simple message, “No speak English.” This to me was just right. I wanted to be alone, out of touch with the world.…

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rotchenkova

26 октября 2014 г., 17:21

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Nothing unusual happened at first, but during the night, as the winds gently tossed the balloons back and forth, the cupola started to loosen somewhat like a tooth does. As night wore on, it became looser and looser. At one-twenty-nine o’clock in the morning, it gently rose from its perch on the Explorers’ Club and,…

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