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Jul 17, 2010
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a squirrel is but a rabbit with a long tail
==
a squirrel is
but a rabbit
with a long tail
when you eat the hard-
boiled egg, be sure to ingest
its shell; when you eat
the apple, do not
forget its core, its dark and
bitter seeds; and don't
discard its skin; set
aside its stem remainder
to place with reverence
beneath its mother
tree as a charity to
the common deer; when
you eat well-cooked fish
from a can and mark the bones
as soft, eat them too;
it should be wise to
respect the dandelion:
take it to salad
==
a squirrel is
but a rabbit
with a long tail
when you eat the hard-
boiled egg, be sure to ingest
its shell; when you eat
the apple, do not
forget its core, its dark and
bitter seeds; and don't
discard its skin; set
aside its stem remainder
to place with reverence
beneath its mother
tree as a charity to
the common deer; when
you eat well-cooked fish
from a can and mark the bones
as soft, eat them too;
it should be wise to
respect the dandelion:
take it to salad
==
— barbsdad2003, Jul 17, 2010
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Kailashana
15 years 10 months ago
…do you know how to make
Marie-I-Be
15 years 10 months ago
tender