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She looked around. Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You! And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. And you. She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. But not you, she decided, encountering the zombie.

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Piers Anthony
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
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Science Fiction Writer
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Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
Looked
Zombie
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Hug
Somebody
Monster
Moat
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Nose
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Littles
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Peek
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