A long time ago, when the world was wild, a family lived in the forests of the North, far from any other house.
The father was going hunting, and he said, "I'll take the boy with me."
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Jedediah Johnson was my grandaddy's brother. Everybody has their favorite relative. Well, Uncle Jedediah was mine.
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A tight corset that pinched the waistline and squeezed the chest! At least four layers of petticoats-including one made with scratchy horsehair-to puff out the skirt!
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Harriet Hemenway was a very proper Boston lady-she never talked with her mouth full. But one day she almost did.
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My grandmother was a gambler.
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Many years ago in a small village in Japan, a huge baby was born. He was so big that everyone called him Baby Mountain.
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In a tiny village, in a valley, high in the mountains of Tibet, a little boy was born. He loved to fly kites.
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Ruby Bridges was born in a small cabin near Tylerton, Mississippi.
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One hundred years ago in Paris, when theaters and music halls drew traveling players from all over the world, the best place to stay was at the widow Gateau's, a boardinghouse on English Street.
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