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It's the late afternoon of July 5th, 1996 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Enveloped in the warm evening air, Ian Wilma tends to his home vegetable patch.

But as he toils his mind wanders to the lab where he usually works,

and where History is about to be made.

Ian is a biologist of some renowned, known for his work in the field of animal cloning.

He and his colleagues at the Roslyn Institute have been working on a ground-breaking project

that is about to reach his climax. After a lifetime of work,

Ian may finally get to bear witness to the world's first mammal successfully cloned from an

adult cell, a feat previously thought impossible. Today is the possible birthday of Dolly,

the lab's 277th attempt at cloning a sheep. But due to restrictions on the number of people

allowed to attend the birth, Ian has had to settle on the most momentous day of his career

for a mere phone call. Now as he anxiously awaits news from the institute,

he can barely focus on the plants before him. Unable to distract himself with his gardening,

Ian lays down his tools and heads inside to check his landline once again.

But still, no calls and no missed messages. With a sigh, Ian turns to return to his garden.

But just as he's about to step out, the phone finally rings.

He rushes to answer it, then stays silent. As a hurried voice comes through the receiver with

the news Ian has been hoping for, Dolly the cloned sheep has been born.

The successful birth of Dolly the sheep marks a milestone in science,

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