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When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.
R. L. Stine
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R. L. Stine
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 8
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