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Once henry had heard a crying noise at sea, and had seen a mermaid floating on the ocean's surface. the mermaid had been injured by a shark. henry had pulled the mermaid out of the water with a rope, and she had died in his arms..."what language did the mermaid speak?" alma wanted to know, imagining that it like almost have to be greek. "english!" henry said. "by god, plum, why would i rescue a deuced foreign mermaid?
-Elizabeth Gilbert
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Once Henry Had Heard A Crying Noise

Elizabeth Gilbert
Once henry had heard a crying noise at sea, and had seen a mermaid floating on the ocean's surface. the mermaid had been injured by a shark. henry had pulled the mermaid out of the water with a rope, and she had died in his arms..."what language did the mermaid speak?" alma wanted to know, imagining that it like almost have to be greek. "english!" henry said. "by god, plum, why would i rescue a deuced foreign mermaid?
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