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having knowingly taken the father's
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words the wrong way:
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"You stop that lying.
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You knew what he meant."
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"I didn't," I bawled.
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She shoved a tiny spade into my hands.
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"Go out there, dig a hole,
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and bury that kitten."
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I stumbled out in to the black night sobbing,
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my legs wobbly from fear.
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Though I knew that I had killed the kitten,
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my mother's words had made