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He tries to shoot it, but misses and instead shoots the hat off the Director's head. The gunshot startles a dog, who chases after the hanford trio, nipping Lapitup on the calf and forcing the Director up a tree. AN UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCE The guardsmen take Dr. Gaspar back home to his lab and show him the broken doll, ordering that hanford it be repaired by the next morning. The guards leave. Dr. Gaspar hanford examines the doll, which is of amazingly fine workmanship. He looks at the doll's face, which is very lifelike, and he feels that it is familiar, but from where? It almost seems as if it were a real girl who was turned into a doll. Further investigation reveals that an internal gear is broken on the doll. Dr. Gaspar knows how to fix it, but it will take at least two days to prepare the special metal--more time than he was given for repairs. With trepidation, Dr. Gaspar decides to take the broken doll to the Palace of the Fat Men and try to explain the situation. NIGHT OF THE STRANGE DOLL On the way to the Palace of the Three Fat Men with the doll, Dr.
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