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They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Grew
Happy
Matter
Children
Horses
Fats
Horse

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