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Some primal termite knocked on wood. And tasted it, and found it good. And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Woods
Knocked
Evolution
Primal
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Bugs
Found
Insects
Today
Cousin
May
Wood
Termite
Good
Floor
Parlor
Fell
Tasted

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