Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a cla…

Margaret Atwood
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Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam
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