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It was long after midnight and the stars looked damp and chilly the air was full of the busy silence of the night, which is created by hundreds of small furry things treading very carefully in the hope of finding dinner while avoiding being the main course.

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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Buckinghamshire
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Sir Terence David John Pratchett
Night
Created
Hundreds
Long
Silence
Main
Chilly
Things
Full
Findings
Furry
Courses
Finding
Treading
Course
Dinner
Damp
Small
Busy
Midnight
Stars
Air
Avoiding
Hope
Looked
Carefully

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