Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming…

James Joyce
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Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo ✨ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ch. 1 (1916)
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