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Vid halv tio gick Joe Winder ner till katakomberna


det underjordiska nätverket av servicevägar som sprang under det fantastiska riket av trillingar. Det var längs dessa slingrande vagnsbanor, diskret uteslutet av besökare, att maten, varor, pengar och sopor rördes i hela den sprawling nöjesparken. Det var också längs dessa hemliga underjordiska gångar som barnens karaktärer reste, plötsligt plötsligt på strategiska platser i hela det fantastiska kungariket och bett turister att fånga sin bild. Inga kunder ("gäster" var den betecknade termen) fick någonsin att våga sig in i katakomberna, för att de inte skulle få en glimt av någonting som kan skada deras bild av det fantastiska kungariket: en hund som rötter genom en dumpster, till exempel. Eller en av farbror Ellys älvor rökning en gemensam.

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