house，twotreesa
d
earlyahu
dreddogs．
fLookatthat！Bjaala
dsaid．Itsa
isla
dofdogs！Therearedogsi
thewater，
earthetrees，o
thehousedogseverywhere！
Twome
cameoutofthehouse．Hassel！Li
dstrom！Amu
dse
said．Itsgoodtoseeyou！Howma
ydogsdoyouhaveforme？
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ety
i
e，Roald，saidHassel．Thebest
i
ety
i
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la
d．A
dtheyreveryhappy！Theydo
twork；theyjusteata
dplayallday！Theyrehavi
gawo
derfulsummerhere！
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dse
laughed．Butthatsfi
ished
ow．Hey，Bjaala
d！Stoplaughi
gcomedow
herea
dhelpme．Letsgetallthesedogso
totheship！
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oteasy．Thedogswerefata
dstro
g，a
dtheydid
twa
ttogoo
theship．Butatlast，afterthreehourshardwork，all
i
ety
i
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theship，a
dtheFramwe
touttoseaagai
．
Theme
were
othappy．Theweatherwasbad，thedogsweredirty，a
dsomeoftheme
wereill．Theybega
toaskquestio
s．
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gi
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us？askedo
ema
，Joha
se
．Weregoi
gthousa
dsofkilometressouth，pastCapeHor
，a
dthe
orthtoAlaska．Why
otwait，a
dgetdogsi
Alaska？
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taskme，saidhisfrie
d，HelmerHa
sse
，Ido
tu
dersta
dit．Theme
talkedforalo
gtime．The
，o
September9th，Amu
dse
calledeveryo
etothebackoftheship．Hestoodquietlya
dlookedatthem．Behi
dhimwasabigmap．Itwas
otamapoftheArctic．ItwasamapofA
tarctica．Bjaala
dlookedatHelmerHa
sse
，a
dlaughed．The
Amu
dse
bega
tospeak．Boys，hesaid．Ik
owyouareu
happy．Youofte
askmedifficultquestio
s，a
dIdo
ta
swer．Well，Imgoi
gtoa
swerallthosequestio
s
ow，today．Webega
toworkforthisjour
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，wewa
tedtobethefirstme
attheNorthPole．Butlastyear，Peary，a
America
，fou
dtheNorthPole．SoAmericawasfirsttotheNorthPole，
otNorway．Weregoi
gthere，butweretoolate．Ido
tu
dersta
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dthought．WhyisAmu
dse
talki
gabouttheNorthPole，withamapofA
tarcticabehi
dhim？Amu
dse
stoppedforami
ute，a
dlookedatalltheme
slowly．Noo
esaida
ythi
g．Wehavetogoalo
gwaysouthbeforewegettoAlaska，hesaid．Very
earA
tarctica，youk
ow．A
dCaptai
Scott，theE
glishma
，isgoi
gtotheSouthPolethisyear．Hewa
tstoputhisBritishflagthere．A
America
flagattheNorthPole，aBritishflagattheSouthPole．Bjaala
dbega
tou
dersta
d．Hestartedtosmilea
dcould
tstop．Hewaswarma
dexcited．Well，boys，Amu
dse
saidslowly．Dowewa
ttheBritishtoputtheirflagattheSouthPolefirst？Howfastca
wetravel？Wehavealotofdogs，a
dsomeofthemostwo
derfulskierso
earthBjaala
dhereisthebesti
Norway！SoIhavea
idea，boys．LetsgototheSouthPole，a
dputtheNorr