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there were no birds to fly.
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"The Walrus and the Carpenter were walking close at hand.
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"They wept like anything to see such quantities of sand.
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"'If this were only cleared away,' they said,
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"'it would be grand!'
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"If seven maids with seven mops swept it for half a year,
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"'Do you suppose,' the Walrus said,
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"'That they could get it clear?'
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"'I doubt it,' said the Carpenter,
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and shed a bitter tear."