Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leave…

John Steinbeck
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Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones. ✨ John Steinbeck (2016). Of Mice and Men, p.2, Hamilton Books
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Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones. ✨ John Steinbeck (2016). Of Mice and Men, p.2, Hamilton Books

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