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Mr James Scott
has
a garage
in Silbury
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and
now
he
has
just
bought
another garage
in Pinhurst
.
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Pinhurst
is
only five miles from Silbury
,
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but
Mr Scott
cannot
get
a telephone for his new garage
,
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so
he
has
just
bought
twelve pigeons
.
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Yesterday
,
a pigeon
carried
the first message
from Pinhurst to Silbury
.
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The bird
covered
the distance
in three minutes
.
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Up to now
,
Mr Scott
has
sent
a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages
from one garage to the other
.
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In this way
,
he
has
begun
his own private 'telephone' service
.
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