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You clumsy wench__ods above! Are you trying to rob me, girl?_ The nobleman seizes my wrist and yanks it from his pocket. My hand comes up with the pipe clenched in it. I stare at him, horrified.__ . . ._____l have your head for this!_ the man rages. ____l have you whipped!_***__ got the pipe,_ I say, holding it up.He stares for a minute, blinking, and then bursts into laughter. A few curious deer stick their heads through the shrubs to see what the racket is. Aladdin doubles over, laughing loud enough to startle birds from the trees overhead, and after a moment, I start laughing too. I haven__ laughed this hard in a long, long while, and it feels wonderful. We sit on the grass and laugh until our faces are red and we__e out of breath.__ou are the worst thief I have ever seen,_ declares Aladdin.__ don__ know what you__e talking about. I got it, didn__ I?___y grandmother could pick pockets better than that! Though that__ not quite fair; my grandmother was the best pickpocket in Parthenia. She taught me all her tricks. Drove my mother crazy.
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You clumsy wench__ods above! Are you trying to rob me, girl?_ The nobleman seizes my wrist and yanks it from his pocket. My hand comes up with the pipe clenched in it. I stare at him, horrified.__ . . ._____l have your head for this!_ the man rages. ____l have you whipped!_***__ got the pipe,_ I say, holding it up.He stares for a minute, blinking, and then bursts into laughter. A few curious deer stick their heads through the shrubs to see what the racket is. Aladdin doubles over, laughing loud enough to startle birds from the trees overhead, and after a moment, I start laughing too. I haven__ laughed this hard in a long, long while, and it feels wonderful. We sit on the grass and laugh until our faces are red and we__e out of breath.__ou are the worst thief I have ever seen,_ declares Aladdin.__ don__ know what you__e talking about. I got it, didn__ I?___y grandmother could pick pockets better than that! Though that__ not quite fair; my grandmother was the best pickpocket in Parthenia. She taught me all her tricks. Drove my mother crazy.

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