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Judge Durance went very red in the face and went, “Splither, Splother, Sloother … Sorry. Let the trial continue, but … make it quick! It’s nearly lunch time.” He didn’t even bang his mallet, he was so shook up. Professor MacGregor smiled at Mr Lamb, “My friend, let me give you a lesson in Cabomba language. You’ll recall whenever I gave the crocodile an order I said, ‘Werd d’ya wan …’ which means ‘Excuse me, please.’ Now ‘na’ means ‘eat’ and ‘go’ means ‘me’, and that explains what happened. Just remember this poor crocodile saw its very first bus, curious to learn more it got on and you, like the highly trained driver you are, asked your usual question, ‘Where d’ya wanna go?’ Trouble is what you said was Cabomban for ‘Excuse me, please eat me,’ and this beastie, that’s trained to obey all human commands, and knows no English, had to do what you asked even though it didn’t want to.” Professor MacGregor turned to the Jury “Ladies and gentlemen, from my evidence you can see this poor beastie is quite innocent of any crime. I rest my case.” Immediately all the members of the jury stood up and said, “Not Guilty.” Judge Durance banged his mallet, “Right! Now I can pass sentence, 75 years!” “You can’t do that, you silly old man,” laughed Mr Catt the RSPCA man, “This crocodile is now free to go home. So get lost!”
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