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An Emergency Operation
“We’re not going to be able to save the mother, I’m afraid,”said Nadia,“but if we work very quickly there’s a small chance that we could save the fawn.”
She shone the torch beam into the doe’s eye again.This time, the pupil didn’t move.
“Oh, no,” breathed Jasmine, and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Poor thing,” said Nadia.“But at least she didn’t suffer for too long.We need to work fast now.The fawn won’t live inside the mother for
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