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Fluteman and the other children. Toby knows he would be happy with the children but he also knows it would devastate his mother if she lost him. Sally tries to reason with Fluteman; saying that people make mistakes and the townspeople have learned their lesson. Fluteman agrees to free the children, so long as he gets the $ 5,000 he was promised.
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