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Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever.

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
Author
Autobiographer
Fighter Pilot
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Llandaf
Wing Commander Roald Dahl
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Exciting
Eating
Taste
Dangerous
Pear
Results
Pears
Ever
Warned
Drops

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