Miss Harris had been training Wicket off the leash in her garden for some time, and said he was usually very timid, not venturing beyond the fence.

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She was a bit timid at first but is doing very well now.

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Their best efforts in the first half-hour were timid shots from Dirk Kuyt and Torres, while at the other end of a very sticky pitch, the skill of McFadden, making his 200th club career start, proved a regular nuisance for the visitors' defence.

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