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... and with my last thought I felt some real sympathy for those poor chickens.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Poor
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Felt
Thought
Real
Chickens
Sympathy

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