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This is Dr. Knight. She works at the zoo. Dr. Knight takes out her scissors.
Clip, clip, snip. Off go the knots!

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Dr. Knight shoos the gnats She has a knitted knapsack. It is filled
away. She shampoos the gnu. with books about animals and science.
She brushes the gnu.
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Dr. Knight is a scientist. She “It is time for a haircut,” says Dr. Knight.
knows a lot about animals.

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Dr. Knight looks in her knapsack. She knows about animals

She pulls out some gnu shampoo. with knobby knees.
She also pulls out some scissors.
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She knows about animals “Oh, my!” says Dr. Knight.

who gnaw on bones. “What can I do?”

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There is the gnu. He is resting under a She knows about animals who
gnarled tree. His long hair is all in tie themselves in knots.
knots, and gnats are buzzing around him.
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Dr. Knight walks past the seals, Dr. Knight’s favorite animal is
the penguins, and a walrus. the gnu. He lives in a field at
the end of the zoo.
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