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When the mountain quaked Like an elbow's nudge Like a shout that something is wrong The people awoke and Knew, yes, knew, that bandits had come

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mountain
Knew
Wrong
Awoke
Come
Bandits
Something
Elbow
Like
Nudge
People
Elbows
Shout

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