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ter hit the sand, moving back and forth

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cause the Wilson bro

acting like they��re from the hood. Have you ever heard of Pretty Fly for a White Guy?

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near the water since I didn��t have my earplugs. My dad

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shirt and pulled him away. One is the loneliest number, and two is just as

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on us. I hauled off and socked Nash in the nose, pushing him

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d my old ones and gave them to him. I put in the new ones and turned them on

nd Dad looked at me. I couldn��t concentrate on what anyone said, or the sign language use

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aids, but we��ll need the doct

in when it travels at a high frequency. It affec

fferent from everyone. That��s another reason I hate

something to do?�� Dad

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got frustrated with me. They wouldn��t learn sign language. I lied to Owen and my brothers

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