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My Albert married his Maisie Brown as he said he would. But I think she never took to me, nor I to her for that matter. Perhaps it was a feeling of mutual jealousy.
Michael Morpurgo
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Michael Morpurgo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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