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The canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the white surf of the reef marked where the little river ran out to the sea; the thicker and deeper green of the virgin forest...
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- Regulus 9 min
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- Revelations 11 min
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- Rights and Wrongs 20 min
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 26 min Study Guide
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- Rip Van Winkle 33 min Study Guide
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- Rocket Summer 20 min
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- Roger’s Method 6 min
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- Romance and Reality 24 min
- Rosa Alchemica 35 min
- Rosalie Prudent 6 min
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- Rosemary's Stepmother 11 min
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