He was just drifting off to sleep...

He was just drifting off to sleep...

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He was just drifting off to sleep when it occurred to him that perhaps the dog was not so ordinary after all. Perhaps he was someone the ogre had changed, and Ivo was going to spend the night hugging a headmaster or a tax inspector

- Eva Ibbotson
The Ogre of Oglefort
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