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Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Living
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Rats
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Hearts
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