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The two of them went down in a heap, with not even a turkey to break their fall.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Wexford
Even
Heap
Turkeys
Turkey
Went
Break
Fall
Two

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