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The letter was two days late and forty years overdue. The letter was two days late and forty years overdue. The letter was two days late and forty years overdue. The letter was two days late and forty years overdue.

Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself. Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself. Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself. Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself.

She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them. She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them. She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them. She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them.

He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it. He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it. He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it. He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it.