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Grandma Harken was sharpening her garden shears. Her hands slowed on the file and she said finally, __e__l get in trouble and he__l figure it out. Best to do it without us standing over him. It__ the only way anybody ever learns to clean up after themselves.
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Grandma Harken was sharpening her garden shears. Her hands slowed on the file and she said finally, __e__l get in trouble and he__l figure it out. Best to do it without us standing over him. It__ the only way anybody ever learns to clean up after themselves.

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