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When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
Author
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
Strikes
Sometimes
Mouse
Mice
Farm
Farms
Lightning
Burned
Innocence

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