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God, children know something they can't tell they like Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed!

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Djuna Barnes
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 12
Died: 1982
Died: June 18
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Cornwall on Hudson
New York
Lydia Steptoe
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Children
Something
Like
Hood
Wolf
Riding
Red
Bed

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