and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty child…

Charles Dickens
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and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children conducting themselves as one, but every child was conducting itself like forty. ✨ Charles Dickens (2004). A Christmas Carol (Sparklesoup Classics), p.27, Sparklesoup LLC
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and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children conducting themselves as one, but every child was conducting itself like forty. ✨ Charles Dickens (2004). A Christmas Carol (Sparklesoup Classics), p.27, Sparklesoup LLC

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