:48:03
I got it. ''Master Ralph Parker.''
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My decoder pen!
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All right!
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''Be it known to all
that Ralph Parker is hereby appointed...
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''a member of
the Little Orphan Annie secret circle and...
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''is entitled to all the honors
and benefits occurring thereto.''
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Signed, Little Orphan Annie.
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Countersigned, Pierre Andre!
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In ink!
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Honors and benefits.
Already at the age of nine.
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Come on. Let's get on with it.
:48:45
I don't need all that jazz
about smugglers and pirates.
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Listen tomorrow night
for the concluding adventure of...
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The Black Pirate Ship. Now it's time...
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for Annie's secret message
for you members of the secret circle.
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Remember, kids, only members of...
:49:02
Annie's secret circle
can decode Annie's secret message.
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Remember, Annie is depending on you.
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Set your pins to B-2.
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Here is the message.
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12. 1 1. 2...
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I am in my first secret meeting.
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... 25. 14. 1 1. 18.
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16. 23...
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Pierre was in great voice tonight.
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I could tell that tonight's message
was really important.
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... 3. 25.
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That's a message from Annie herself.
Remember, don't tell anyone.
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Ninety seconds later
I'm in the only room in the house...
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where a boy of nine can sit in privacy
and decode.
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Ah! "B." I went to the next.
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"E." The first word is "be"!
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"S." It was coming easier now. "U."
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Come on, Ralphie! I gotta go.