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Ballet - Circus - Comedians - Dancers - Entertainers - Plays

Feb. 29 Peter Nearly gets the boot.: peter is a very fine pelican who regularly perform at the great Chipperfield Circus, now appearing for the first time on Clapham Common. Peter ids paid handsomely for his work of luscious herrings every week, but he's a greedy bird and when he saw a boot lying around he decided it might make a tasty dish and in a matter of seconds the boot had vanished down his throat. Fortunately Hubert and Herbert, his midget friends saw what transpired and came hurrying across and while Herbert hold Peter, Hubert thrust his arm down the birds throat and managed to retrieve the boot which just proves how true are the words A strange bird the Pelican his beak hold more etc. etc. etc

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13208299
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46953525
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5603px x 4378px (1.7MB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Appearing Beak Boot Chipperfield Clapham Decided Dish Fortunately Greedy Handsomely Herrings Hubert Hurrying Luscious Managed Midget Might Nearly Paid Pelican Proves Regularly Retrieve Seconds Tasty Throat Thrust Transpired Vanished


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