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Dominique and Ben race against the clock to match several brick bits of a castle to pieces of wallpaper containing the measurements. Later, a kitten asks a dragon if it can fit a drawer in its room, and the dragon measures the drawer to illustrate how to know for certain whether or not it will fit.
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