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No wolf falters before the bite So strike No hawk wavers before the dive Just strike

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wolf
Bite
Bites
Strike
Wavers
Strikes
Falters
Hawk
Hawks
Dive

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