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We lost the crickets, she said. Even you can't make that sound tough. ...I am Butler, he said with a straight-face. Everything I say sounds tough. Now, get out of the lake, fairy.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Wexford
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Butlers
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Lake
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Cricket
Lost
Lakes
Everything
Fairy
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Sounds
Make
Straight
Crickets
Tough
Butler

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