There warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for the…

Mark Twain
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There warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon floor in summer-time because it's cool. If you notice, most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The Original Text Edition, p.352, NewSouth Books
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