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With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I'd never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fern.
Wilson Rawls
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Wilson Rawls
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 24
Died: 1984
Died: January 1
Carpenter
Novelist
Writer
Scraper
Oklahoma
Woodrow Wilson Rawls
Walked
Forget
Graves
Away
Red
Two
Heavy
Littles
Turned
Little
Sacred
Heart
Lived
Fern
Long
Ferns
Never
Knew
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