Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a bo…

Laurie Halse Anderson
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Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.
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Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.

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