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"'Grilly' you shall be called," I said; "and, although you cannot utter our names, common politeness requires that you be informed of them.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 Various 1868
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A Grilly (ph) fire department diver save two dogs who'd fallen through the ice on a pond, Sunday.
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During one of the excursions to the neighboring mountains, -- Pippity alone accompanying me, Grilly having gone to assemble his tribe for a fresh supply of cocoa-nuts, -- we were leisurely contemplating the great expanse of loveliness that lay before us, in the center of which our noble dwelling loomed up superbly.
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Grilly led the way; and when we lost the light, he squealed and chattered, and frequently ran back to make sure that Pippity and I were following him.
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What Grilly did in the matter I could not conjecture; but Pippity, being able to fly, probably made excursions round the mountain, thinking that I might possibly come out at some place, and hoping thus to be able to find me and come to my relief.
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Grilly was now down, too; and, reaching me his hand, he would fain have tried to pull me to the top.
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He made Grilly get down below at the same time and hold on to my feet; and when I began to crawl and wriggle along the best way I could, I was assisted very materially by the parrot above and the monkey below.
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Grilly ran in and out of the dark passage quite frequently, both that evening and the next morning, evidently evincing a desire that the descent should be made without delay, which convinced me that he had come through all the darkness which yet lay between us and deliverance.
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As Grilly was now with us, it would be too great a tax on
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"Grilly, Grilly!" shrieked the parrot, "how in the world did you get up here?"
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