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| Book returned to library after 3,000-mile mistake | Book returned to library after 3,000-mile mistake |
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| The book was returned to Norfolk after being mistakenly taken to its namesake county in the US | The book was returned to Norfolk after being mistakenly taken to its namesake county in the US |
| A book taken from a library in Norfolk has been returned after it was mistakenly handed in to another library in the US. | A book taken from a library in Norfolk has been returned after it was mistakenly handed in to another library in the US. |
| The copy of Animal Ark ended up at Norfolk Library in Connecticut - more than 3,000 miles (4,800km) from where it was borrowed in Swaffham. | The copy of Animal Ark ended up at Norfolk Library in Connecticut - more than 3,000 miles (4,800km) from where it was borrowed in Swaffham. |
| It was brought home by a Norfolk holidaymaker who had it brought to his attention during a trip across the pond. | It was brought home by a Norfolk holidaymaker who had it brought to his attention during a trip across the pond. |
| "Quite how someone got confused and returned it to the wrong place, we have no idea," Swaffham Library said on Facebook, external. | "Quite how someone got confused and returned it to the wrong place, we have no idea," Swaffham Library said on Facebook, external. |
| "Oh, and there's the fact it's literally thousands of miles away and across an entire ocean. | "Oh, and there's the fact it's literally thousands of miles away and across an entire ocean. |
| "But still. It made it there, and it has now made it back!" | "But still. It made it there, and it has now made it back!" |
| Norfolk Libraries said its Swaffham building was "very different" to the site in Connecticut | Norfolk Libraries said its Swaffham building was "very different" to the site in Connecticut |
| Ann Havemeyer, the director of the US library, said the book had been dropped off in a returns drawer outside the building. | Ann Havemeyer, the director of the US library, said the book had been dropped off in a returns drawer outside the building. |
| "We had no idea and we still don't know who put it in the book drawer, and we were kind of perplexed about what to do," she told the BBC. | "We had no idea and we still don't know who put it in the book drawer, and we were kind of perplexed about what to do," she told the BBC. |
| Ms Havemeyer said staff "couldn't believe it" when a man and his sister from Norfolk, England, later turned up by sheer coincidence. | Ms Havemeyer said staff "couldn't believe it" when a man and his sister from Norfolk, England, later turned up by sheer coincidence. |
| Following conversations with a librarian, it was agreed they would return it to its rightful home. | Following conversations with a librarian, it was agreed they would return it to its rightful home. |
| Librarian Yun Ling, who has worked in Swaffham for 14 years, said it was "lovely to see" the book back where it belonged. | Librarian Yun Ling, who has worked in Swaffham for 14 years, said it was "lovely to see" the book back where it belonged. |
| "I was amazed that it came back in one piece," she added. | "I was amazed that it came back in one piece," she added. |
| Listen: 3000 mile mistake for returned library book | |
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