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Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Doe
Puppy
Fill
Dog
Watching
Happiness

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