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THE FIRST TRAIN
- Look out for the Choo-choo cars!
- Don't you hear the thunder jars?
- First the whistle, then the bell
- Clanging through the Forest Dell.
For weeks and weeks there was great excitement among the Little People of the Shady Forest and Sunny Meadow. From behind trees and bushes, rocks and stumps, they watched the building of the railroad.
Professor Jim Crow came to offer advice, but changed his mind. As for Little Jack Rabbit, he looked out from behind a stump and wondered.
Cousin Cotton Tail had been forced to move from the Big Brush Heap on the hill.
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