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We're much alike, bee, you and me, I said. You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike.

Michael Morpurgo

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Michael Morpurgo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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St. Albans
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo
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