"Toads are conservative animals, I think, and not much given to expecting the best from fortune. Some weeks ago, well before the end of October, I accidentally dug up one while turning over some garden earth. I was surprised, naturally, when one of the clods heaved over on its die and there, in some annoyance, sat at toad."

-- Henry Mitchell

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“Some drink to forget, some drink to remember-me, I drink to get bagged,”
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