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It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. it showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable.
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It Was A Good Thing That She

Betty Smith
It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. it showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable.
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