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And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks!


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Look at that party the other night. Everybody wanted to have a good time and tried real hard but we all woke up the next day feeling sorta sad and separate.



The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.

The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.



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