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Mary Alice, Operator Number 9 (Picture Puffin)
Mary Alice Operator Number 9 - Picture Puffin Author:Jeffrey Allen, James Marshall (Illustrator) Everyone in town had faith in Mary Alice, the time service operator, because she never made mistakes ("At the sound of the tone, the time will ve eight-sixteen, exactly. Quack!") Then Mary Alice got sick. Who, she wondered, would take her place: Jake Dog? May Beaver? Eric Snake? And would Boos Chicken ever give her back her job? After ... more »all, Boss Chicken had said, "Don't worry. It's an easy job." Anyone could do it. But Boss Chicken was wrong.« less