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Robert L. Martin

Robert L. Martin

Skinny Minnie

Skinny
Minnie
 
Skinny
Minnie
was
a
beautiful
girl
except
when
she
turned
side
ways.
Then
you
couldn’t
see
her.
Then
one
day
the
wind
came
up
and
blew
her
away,
so
nobody
ever
saw
her
again.
Where
could
she
ever
be
now?

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