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          was. “Sleep here for the night. We know   You can’t tell them about me, can you?”   the ship horns. The place was very loud   felt very nice and realized how gentle
          everything about you. We hope you like   Then he replied, “Oh, if someone knew   and smelt salty. “We’re nearly there, just   people were to cats. “I wish you could
          this  box  we  have,”  they  said.  I  felt   you  and  you  knew  them  very  well,   hang on. I can’t stop until I reach the   be around here with us. You are so cute
          welcomed. A cardboard box! How nice!   sometimes there is no use talking since   loading  platform,  the  locomotive        and cuddly,” said the driver. Magically,
          So I ran towards it and cuddled myself   what is going on has already been   whispered.  Soon  enough,  the  train   I understood the words, and I thought
          up into a comfortable position.   understood. I have worked on this       slowed  to  a  stop,  and  men  started             to myself that my wish was to explore
             I knocked on the steel. “Where are   railroad for decades now, so me and my   to  shout  and  got  themselves  busy               the world, and we might meet again
          you taking me to? This doesn’t look like   drivers have already become one. Have   unloading the cargo from the train. Then   sometime. He smiled at me again, and
          you’re having a rest tonight. Aren’t you   you never had that feeling before? It   the locomotive told me that my owner   went back to work. I assumed that he
          tired?” I asked the locomotive gently. “I   seems like you have a very kind owner.”  came to the passenger section of this   had at least the slightest idea of what I
          am sorry I told you that it would be   I paused for a bit. Confusion and   port. It was much cleaner than here and   was thinking, so I said goodbye to the
          quiet here. The midnight freight train to   questions filled up my mind. The sound   he was most likely staying here to rest   locomotive and made my way down to
          Port of Calais is too heavy for my friend   of the speeding train echoed through   until morning. Then the questions struck   the docks. Its whistle blew for the last
          and he left some of the important        the  countryside,  and  the  questions   me again. Is this man still worth living   time before it left the station to go and
          shipments behind along with some late   echoed  in  my  mind. Why  haven’t  I     with? Do I really want to return to him?   rest.
          arrivals. I had been assigned to take this   noticed such things? Have I ever really   So before I left I replied to the locomotive.
          extra  train  to  the  port,  where  your   understood my man? Was it true love I   “Thank you very much for a lovely ride   The platform was less crowded
          master had gone,” he told me with a   was  dealing  with  here? What WAS   here. I hope we can meet up again   now, and behind that, I could see the
          cheerful voice. “So you don’t have to   love...? My heart got tainted with this   sometime. I am getting really excited   dark horizon and a bright yellow light
          wait till the sun comes up. You might be   idea and sleeping became hard, but   about  going  on  an  adventure  and           coming from a gigantic cruise in the
          able to catch up with him!” I, with     still, the moves of the midnight freight   exploring the world. And please thank   distance. I could feel that the ship would
          excitement, rolled with glee on the   put me into the land of dreams.     your drivers too for this lovely box!” One   surely take me somewhere I had never
          metal corridor. That was nice. Then,                                      of the drivers gave me a smile, so I   been before. I was getting excited! So
          another  question  hit  my  mind. “I          It was four o’clock when the train   walked towards him and he touched my   I ran for it along the port side. The next
          wonder… how can your drivers know   arrived at the port. I was woken up by   fur lightly. He gave me a nice warm bath   thing I noticed was that right behind me
          about me and even give me this box?   the cranking sounds and loud blows of   from the locomotive’s water tank and I   was a large cargo ship, and it was
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