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I started down but Sam caught my arm and knelt down himself to look. For crying out loud, he said. It's a racoon. Poor thing, I said. It could be a rabid baby-killer, Cole told me primly. Shut up, Sam said pleasantly.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Thing
Caught
Pleasantly
Baby
Cole
Arms
Killer
Told
Killers
Started
Crying
Poor
Shut
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Loud
Knelt
Looks
Cry
Rabid

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