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Those questions would come back eventually, I was sure But not then Then, there were other questions onto be on our Countries of the World final and exactly howto make me eat over winter break as soon as she sa skinny I was

The seventh graders ran by, one seotten ser

And then I let myself realize the one fact I’d been too afraid to ad me anymore

Now, even as I write this, Gilly’s list is still inFor me to be rested For us to be ready For a new semester and a new chance to finish the work that Gilly and my father started so many years before

Now I know that, fro

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