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I could hear you, talking to the daffodils and tulips, whispering to the fairies that lived inside their petals. Each separate flower had a different family inside it.

Lucy Christopher

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Lucy Christopher
Age: 54
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WAL
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Fairy
Separate
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Tulips
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Daffodils
Inside
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Fairies
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Petals
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