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Why are you in such a rush?" sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done.
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Why Are You In Such A Rush?"

Tove Jansson
Why are you in such a rush?" sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done.
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