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Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Hungry
Befriend
Briefly
Wolf
Sheep

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