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I learned to fly on a broom, he said, rolling up his sleeves. I can learn to milk a goat, I bet. Though flying on a broom proved to be the easier task, he found.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Learned
Sleeves
Though
Proved
Learn
Rolling
Found
Milk
Task
Broom
Flying
Brooms
Tasks
Goat
Easier
Goats

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