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Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink That is the finest of suppers, I think When I'm grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these.

Christopher Morley

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Always
Grown
Think
Cooking
Cocoa
Thinking
Drink
Crackers
Please
Supper
Food
Dessert
Shall
Insist
Animal
Culinary
Upon
Finest

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