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you all the way over there
.
H
ow
l
ong ha
v
e
y
ou
been
i
n
t
o
w
n?”
S
he
pou
r
ed
b
oili
ng
w
a
t
er
i
n
t
o
t
he
cups
and
added
hot
cho
c
o
l
a
t
e
m
i
x
and
so
m
e
m
il
k
be
f
o
r
e
pu
tti
ng
t
hem on
a
tr
ay
and
head
i
ng
t
o
w
ar
d
t
he
li
v
i
ng
r
oo
m
,
m
o
ti
on
i
ng
h
i
m
t
o
f
o
ll
o
w
.

S
asha
tr
a
il
ed
c
l
ose
l
y beh
i
nd
w
it
h
t
he
sand
w
i
ches, hand
i
ng
t
w
o
of
t
hem
t
o
t
he
dog
be
f
o
r
e
she
p
l
opped
d
o
w
n
on
t
he
couch
and
fli
pped
t
he
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on
on
t
o an o
l
d
m
o
v
i
e on
t
he
C
l
ass
i
cs
C
hanne
l
.
T
he
dog see
m
i
n
g
l
y
i
nha
l
ed
t
he
sa
n
d
w
i
ches
w
it
hout
che
w
i
ng
t
hem
and
t
hen
p
l
un
k
ed
do
w
n
on
t
he
f
l
oor next
t
o her
cha
ir
.

“I ha
v
en

t
li
v
ed
he
r
e
v
e
r
y
l
on
g
,”
S
a
m
son
r
ep
li
ed ca
r
e
f
u
ll
y
.

I

m
on
t
he
r
oad
a
l
o
t
.
I

v
e
been
t
o
E
u
r
ope…a
l
l o
v
er
i
t
as
a
m
a
tt
er
of
f
ac
t
.”

S
he
r
a
i
sed
her
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s.
“Wo
w
.
I

m
j
ea
l
ous.
I

m 27 and
I

v
e ne
v
er
been out
of
t
he
US
.
H
ow
o
l
d a
r
e
y
ou
?

S
a
m
son
s
m
il
ed
and
r
e
fr
a
i
ned
fr
om sa
y
i
n
g
,

O
h,
on
l
y about
fi
ve
hundred
and
one years
o
l
der
t
han
you”
and
i
n
s
t
ead se
ttl
ed
f
or
a s
i
m
p
l
e,
“I

m
28.”

S
asha
l
oo
k
ed
up
fr
om
her
m
o
v
i
e
and
ch
i
m
ed
i
n,

I

d
l
o
v
e
t
o
be
ab
l
e
t
o
g
o
o
v
er
t
he
r
e
so
m
eday and
v
i
s
it
….see
t
he cas
tl
es
and
t
he
h
i
s
t
o
ri
c
s
it
es.”
T
hen
as
t
he scene
on
t
he sc
r
een chan
g
ed,
w
it
hout
w
a
r
n
i
ng she
added,

D
a
m
n.
C
heck o
u
t
t
h
i
s p
ir
a
t
e
g
u
y
!
H
e

s
ac
t
ua
ll
y
p
r
e
tt
y
ho
t
!
Ma
k
es
m
e
w
i
sh
I
li
v
ed
i
n
t
he
fifti
es
or
s
i
x
ti
es.
H
e
y
,
I

d
su
ff
er
t
he
pood
l
e
s
k
irt
s and beeh
i
v
es
f
or
h
i
m
.
B
ut
t
o
he
l
l
w
it
h
t
he
po
i
n
t
ed
b
r
a
s
.”
S
he
t
ook a hu
g
e b
it
e of
her
sand
w
i
ch and
l
au
g
hed out
l
oud.

             
S
a
m
son
s
m
il
ed
t
o h
i
m
se
lf
.
T
hose
w
e
r
e
such s
i
m
p
l
er
ti
m
es,
po
i
n
t
ed
b
r
as
and
a
ll
,
fr
om
w
hat
he

d
seen
of
i
t
and
he
w
i
shed
he
h
i
m
se
l
f
cou
l
d
ha
v
e
a
c
t
ua
ll
y
li
v
ed
m
o
r
e
i
n
t
hat
e
r
a
t
oo.
B
ut
li
k
e
t
he
m
a
j
o
rit
y of
so
m
any o
t
her
decade
s
,
he

d
been a co
l
d b
l
ock
of
s
t
one
f
or
a
l
l
but
a sho
r
t
m
on
t
h of
it
.

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