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the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they had to stand one more blasted day.

Katherine Paterson

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Katherine Paterson
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 31
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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson
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