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Life is full of terrible surprises
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and miserable fates.
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Consider that of a young woman, heavy with child,
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mauled by a ferocious pachyderm--
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her son born hideously deformed,
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yet able to sow the seeds of future generations,
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all cursed to the same twisted destiny.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the last heir
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of the House of Merrick-- Joseph the Elephant Man!
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Aw, come on.
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Surprised?
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Disgusted?