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In the tall house Tocko lived Pim

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— and Pim caught the front door flat, with one hand, just before the click.

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Out on the step was a long box. Pim's mum had put it down there.

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The box was as long as Pim, and heavy at one end.

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Then Pim's mum came in, and Pim let go of the door.

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One. Two. Three. Four. Click.

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The box was still out on the step.

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Pim's mum wanted the long box off the step, and up the stairs.

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The front door of Tocko never just opened.

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It wanted a push, down low. It wanted a lift, up high.

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And the door would not wait. It went shut on its own, in four, and clicked.

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Then Pim's mum said, "Mm. That's — one hand short. The box wants a hand too."

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So Pim said, "Listen. I have a hand."

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Hall.

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Which one is it — a job for one, or a job for two?

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Ah. Two. One on the push, and one on the lift.

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Pim's mum got the long box up, on her shoulder.

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That left one hand for the door.

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Up high, the one hand took the top edge, and gave a heave.

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Down low, no hand at all.

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Here it comes.

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Pim listened. Tocko said — DUNK. That was the rule.

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The door sat there.

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Then Pim said, "Your hand is full."

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So Pim's mum put the box down.

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The lift went in one hand, the push in the other.

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Over went the door, half a door wide.

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It came back hard, and Pim's mum went HUFF.

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But Pim's mum got in. The long box could not.

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Then Pim's mum went out for the box.

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Pim stood on the tile, hand off the door.

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One, two, three, four. Click.

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The door shut. Pim was on the warm side, and Pim's mum was not.

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Then Pim's mum said, through the door, "Four counts, and I am slow. It is cold out here."

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Then Pim said, "It shut on you. Give me a half."

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The hall went quiet. Down in the Under, the boiler breathed once.

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You take the push, I take the lift.

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So Pim's mum put the box down again, and came in through half a door.

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This time Pim was there first, with a hand flat on the door, down low.

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Then Pim's mum said, "That is your half. Push it now."

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Pim's mum gave the top edge a heave, and up came the door.

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Pim's hand came off the push, and went up for the top edge.

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Two on the lift. Nobody on the push.

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Here it comes.

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Pim listened. Tocko said — SHHK. That was the rule.

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The door came up a hand wide, and came back down.

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Behind the door on Two, something came on.

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It was a big red— well. Nobody could see it. It went GRIND, and GRIND again.

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Then Pim said, "The top edge is the good half. Give me that one."

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Pim's mum went HUFF, and did not answer.

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On Two, the grind went on.

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Hall. Green door.

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You take the push, I take the lift.

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Then Pim's mum said, "One more go."

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Pim's mum took the top edge.

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Pim put a hand flat, down low.

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The long box waited on the step, in the cold.

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You take the push, I take the lift.

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Pim's mum gave it a heave. Pim gave it a push.

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But the push came early, and the heave came late.

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The door did not go over.

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So Pim's mum gave it one more heave, up and up.

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Here it comes.

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Pim listened. Tocko said — tik. That was the rule.

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It was a small thing, in the top corner.

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It came at the top of the heave, once.

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Nobody in the hall heard it but Pim.

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Then Pim said, "Listen. It says tik. Push on the tik."

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Then Pim's mum said, "A tik. I never heard it."

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The hall held still.

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You take the lift, I take the tik.

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Pim's mum gave it a heave. Up went the door.

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Tik.

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Pim gave it a push, low.

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And over the door went, in one CLACK.

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Then Pim's mum said, "Mm. That's — your ear, and my hand."

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The door came back, and clicked.

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A heave up high, and a push down low.

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The door says tik, and over we go.

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Hall. Green door. Roof.

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Which one is it — the push first, or the heave first?

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Ah. The heave first. And then the tik.

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Last of all, one CLACK, and over. The push came on the tik. The tik came on the heave.

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Shhk, and the door came down. Two hands up high, and nobody down low.

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Dunk, and the door sat there. A box on one shoulder, and one hand left over.

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Four counts. Click. And Pim's mum out on the step.

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Pim, and Hod, and Pim's mum, and Tocko.

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One on the push. One on the lift. Nobody with both.

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Hall. Green door. Roof. Home.

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Pim's mum took the top edge. Pim put a hand low.

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The heave came up, and the tik came after.

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Then Pim pushed, and over the door went, wide.

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One, two, three.

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Pim's mum had the long box in, on three.

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Four. Click.

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The door shut on nothing at all.

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Then Pim said, "It says tik every time."

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Up the long box went, step by step, and back up to Number Three.

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Under the floor, the boiler went on.

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Then Pim and Pim's mum came down again, to the Hall.

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Off the board of hooks came a brass disc, with nothing on it yet.

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Pim's mum cut a door in the face, half over.

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Then Pim's mum said, "That one is Pim's. Pim heard the tik, and I never did."

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Up on a hook it went.

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A heave up high, and a push down low.

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The door says tik, and over we go.

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Pim, and Hod, and Pim's mum, and Tocko.

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Roof, green door, hall — and home.

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Which one did the push — Pim, or Pim's mum?

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Ah. Pim, and the door went CLACK.

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Two taps, and Tocko tapped back. Tock, tock.