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What kind of thing is it?
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-Something l witnessed.
-Where?

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At home...
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eighteen months ago.
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lt was late.
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The boy had been in bed hours,
or so l'd thought.

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Go on.
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As l came out of the bathroom...
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l heard....
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l heard the noise of this chanting.
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-Chanting?
-Yes, you know.

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By the Bible, one of those lists
his mother was always reading to him.

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Those ''begat, so and so, begat....''
You know, genealogy.

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What did Alan's list sound like?
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Well, l remember the sort of thing....
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The first word l heard was...
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Prince.
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-Prince?
-Yes.

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Prince begat Prance.
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And Prance begat Prankus.
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And Prankus begat Flankus.
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And Flankus begat Spankus.
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And Spankus begat Spunkus the Great,
who lived threescore years.

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And Leckwus begat Neckwus.
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And Neckwus begat Fleckwus,
the King of Spit.

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And Fleckwus spoke
out of his chinkle-chankle.

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What?
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l'm sure that was the word.
l've never forgotten it.

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''Chinkle-chankle.''
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And he said, ''Behold, l give you Equus,
my only begotten son.''


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