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The eight of us move forth and back. To protect our king from the foes attack.
Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it's guts come out.
In your fire you hear me scream, creaking and whining, yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
What get wet while drying
how many words are in those books
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