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The booklet is structured as a conversation with children. In the introduction, Dahl laments that adults are always telling children what to do and what not to do, and says he would not have agreed to write the booklet, which tells children what to do, if not for the importance of what he is about to
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discuss. He then goes on to list the "dreaded DOs and DON'Ts" of railway safety – such as not to ride a bicycle or skateboard on a station platform, stand on platform edges, walk along rail tracks, or open train doors while the train is moving.
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570:More Tales of the Unexpected
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1008:The Witches
840:The Witches
760:The Witches
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496:Short story
423:The Minpins
383:The Witches
237:5 September
41:Illustrator
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961:(1979–88)
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669:Going Solo
586:Two Fables
458:Rhyme Stew
280:Roald Dahl
190:References
144:Roald Dahl
71:Children's
35:Roald Dahl
1174:To Olivia
1131:Lucy Dahl
880:The Twits
522:Kiss Kiss
407:Esio Trot
359:The Twits
215:3 October
101:Paperback
77:Published
1067:See also
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950:'Way Out
720:36 Hours
59:Language
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784:Matilda
744:The BFG
701:My Year
399:Matilda
375:The BFG
99:Print (
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