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Jacob: I've never seen so much manure. Wade: Baggage stock horses. They pack'em in 27 a car. Jacob: how do you stand the smell? Wade: what smell?

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Never
Ems
Stock
Manure
Smell
Wade
Horse
Jacob
Car
Baggage
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Pack
Seen
Packs
Much
Horses

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