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I__ in no hurry. What for?The sun and moon aren__ in a hurry: they__e right.Hurrying is believing people can get past their legs,Or that, jumping, they can land past their shadow.No; I don__ know how to hurry.
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I__ in no hurry. What for?The sun and moon aren__ in a hurry: they__e right.Hurrying is believing people can get past their legs,Or that, jumping, they can land past their shadow.No; I don__ know how to hurry.

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