It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.
WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake__ot a very big one. It had probably just been crawling around looking for shade when it ran into the pigs. They were having a fine tug-of-war with it, and its rattling days were over.
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WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake__ot a very big one. It had probably just been crawling around looking for shade when it ran into the pigs. They were having a fine tug-of-war with it, and its rattling days were over.
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