I learned to speak Swahili and to shake

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	"I learned to speak Swahili and to shake the scorpions out of my mosquito boots in the mornings. I learned what it was like to get malaria and to run a temperature of 105 degrees for three days." - -- Roald Dahl

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"The summer holidays! The magic words! The mere mention of them used to send shivers of joy rippling over my skin."

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