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If people ask me, I always tell them: Quite well, thank you, I'm very glad to say. If people ask me, I always answer, Quite well, thank you, how are you today? I always answer, I always tell them, If they ask me Politely... BUT SOMETIMES I wish That they wouldn't

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A. A. Milne
Age: 74 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 18
Died: 1956
Died: January 31
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