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Drama Monologue Flashcards

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What line do you say after: Deep within me, words pile up in huge drifts.

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Mountains of phrases and sentences and connected ideas.

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What line do you say after: Mountains of phrases and sentences and connected ideas.

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Clever expressions. Jokes. Love songs.

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What line do you say after: Clever expressions. Jokes. Love songs.

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From the time I was really little—maybe just a few months old—words were like sweet, liquid gifts, and I drank them like lemonade.

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What line do you say after: From the time I was really little—maybe just a few months old—words were like sweet, liquid gifts, and I drank them like lemonade.

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I could almost taste them.

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What line do you say after: I could almost taste them.

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They made my jumbled thoughts and feelings have substance.

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What line do you say after: They made my jumbled thoughts and feelings have substance.

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My parents have always blanketed me with conversation.

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What line do you say after: My parents have always blanketed me with conversation.

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They chattered and babbled.

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What line do you say after: They chattered and babbled.

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They verbalized and vocalized.

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What line do you say after: They verbalized and vocalized.

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My father sang to me.

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What line do you say after: My father sang to me.

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My mother whispered her strength into my ear.

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What line do you say after: My mother whispered her strength into my ear.

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Every word my parents spoke to me or about me I absorbed and kept and remembered.

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What line do you say after: Every word my parents spoke to me or about me I absorbed and kept and remembered.

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All of them.

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What line do you say after: All of them.

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I have no idea how I untangled the complicated process of words and thought, but it happened quickly and naturally.

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What line do you say after: I have no idea how I untangled the complicated process of words and thought, but it happened quickly and naturally.

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By the time I was two, all my memories had words, and all my words had meanings.

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What line do you say after: By the time I was two, all my memories had words, and all my words had meanings.

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But only in my head.

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What line do you say after: But only in my head.

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I have never spoken one single word.

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What line do you say after: I have never spoken one single word.

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I am almost eleven years old.

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What line do you say after: I am almost eleven years old.

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I can’t talk.

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What line do you say after: I can’t talk.

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I can’t walk.

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What line do you say after: I can’t walk.

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I can’t feed myself or take myself to the bathroom.

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What line do you say after: I can’t feed myself or take myself to the bathroom.

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When people look at me, I guess they see a girl with short, dark, curly hair strapped into a pink wheelchair.

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What line do you say after: When people look at me, I guess they see a girl with short, dark, curly hair strapped into a pink wheelchair.

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By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair.

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What line do you say after: By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair.

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Pink doesn’t change a thing.

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What line do you say after: Pink doesn’t change a thing.

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They’d see a girl with dark brown eyes that are full of curiosity.

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What line do you say after: They’d see a girl with dark brown eyes that are full of curiosity.

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But one of them is slightly out of whack.

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What line do you say after: But one of them is slightly out of whack.

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After folks finished making a list of my problems, they might take time to notice that I have a fairly nice smile and deep dimples.

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What line do you say after: After folks finished making a list of my problems, they might take time to notice that I have a fairly nice smile and deep dimples.

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I think my dimples are cool.

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What line do you say after: I think my dimples are cool.

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Sometimes people never even ask my name, like it’s not important or something.

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What line do you say after: Sometimes people never even ask my name, like it’s not important or something.

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It is.

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What line do you say after: It is.

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My name is Melody.

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What line do you say after: My name is Melody.

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I can remember way back to when I was really, really young.

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What line do you say after: I can remember way back to when I was really, really young.

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Mum carrying me home from the hospital—her face showing smiles, but her eyes squinted with worry.

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What line do you say after: Mum carrying me home from the hospital—her face showing smiles, but her eyes squinted with worry.

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Melody tucked into a tiny baby bathtub.

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What line do you say after: Melody tucked into a tiny baby bathtub.

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I didn’t splash or kick.

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What line do you say after: I didn’t splash or kick.

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Mum massaging me with lotion after a bath—I can still smell the lavender.

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What line do you say after: Mum massaging me with lotion after a bath—I can still smell the lavender.

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Then wrapping me in a fluffy towel with a little hood built into one corner.

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What line do you say after: Then wrapping me in a fluffy towel with a little hood built into one corner.

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Songs floated through me and stayed.

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What line do you say after: Songs floated through me and stayed.

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Lullabies, mixed with the soft smells of bedtime, slept with me.

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What line do you say after: Lullabies, mixed with the soft smells of bedtime, slept with me.

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Harmonies made me smile.

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What line do you say after: Harmonies made me smile.

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It’s like I’ve always had a painted musical soundtrack playing background to my life.

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What line do you say after: It’s like I’ve always had a painted musical soundtrack playing background to my life.

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I can almost hear colors and smell images when music is played.

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What line do you say after: I can almost hear colors and smell images when music is played.

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Mum loves classical. Big, booming Beethoven symphonies blast from her CD player all day long.

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What line do you say after: Mum loves classical. Big, booming Beethoven symphonies blast from her CD player all day long.

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Those pieces always seem to be bright blue as I listen, and they smell like fresh paint.

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What line do you say after: Those pieces always seem to be bright blue as I listen, and they smell like fresh paint.

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Dad is partial to jazz, and every chance he gets, he winks at me, takes out Mum’s Mozart disc, then pops in a CD of Miles Davis or Woody Herman.

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What line do you say after: Dad is partial to jazz, and every chance he gets, he winks at me, takes out Mum’s Mozart disc, then pops in a CD of Miles Davis or Woody Herman.

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For some reason, I’ve always loved country music—loud, guitar-strumming, broken-heart music.

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What line do you say after: For some reason, I’ve always loved country music—loud, guitar-strumming, broken-heart music.

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Country is lemons—not sour, but sugar sweet and tangy.

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What line do you say after: Country is lemons—not sour, but sugar sweet and tangy.

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Lemon cake icing, cool, fresh lemonade!

48
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What line do you say after: Lemon cake icing, cool, fresh lemonade!

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Lemon, lemon, lemon! Love it.

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What line do you say after: Lemon, lemon, lemon! Love it.

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When I was really little, I remember sitting in our kitchen, being fed breakfast by Mum, and a song came on the radio that made me screech with joy.

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What line do you say after: When I was really little, I remember sitting in our kitchen, being fed breakfast by Mum, and a song came on the radio that made me screech with joy.

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So I’m singin’

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What line do you say after: So I’m singin’

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Elvira, Elvira

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What line do you say after: Elvira, Elvira

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My heart’s on fire, Elvira

53
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What line do you say after: My heart’s on fire, Elvira

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Giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow

54
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What line do you say after: Giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow

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Giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow

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What line do you say after: Giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow

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Heigh-ho Silver, away

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What line do you say after: Heigh-ho Silver, away

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I wanted to hear the song again.

57
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What line do you say after: I wanted to hear the song again.

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But Mum just looked at me like I was nuts.

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What line do you say after: But Mum just looked at me like I was nuts.

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How could she understand that I loved the song “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys when I barely understood it myself?

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What line do you say after: How could she understand that I loved the song “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys when I barely understood it myself?

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I had no way to explain how I could smell freshly sliced lemons and see citrus-toned musical notes in my mind as it played.

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What line do you say after: I had no way to explain how I could smell freshly sliced lemons and see citrus-toned musical notes in my mind as it played.

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If I had a paintbrush . . . wow! What a painting that would be!

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What line do you say after: If I had a paintbrush . . . wow! What a painting that would be!

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But Mum just shook her head and kept on spooning applesauce into my mouth.

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What line do you say after: But Mum just shook her head and kept on spooning applesauce into my mouth.

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There’s so much my mother doesn’t know.

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What line do you say after: There’s so much my mother doesn’t know.

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Thoughts need words.

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What line do you say after: Thoughts need words.

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Words need a voice.

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What line do you say after: Words need a voice.

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I love the smell of my mother’s hair after she washes it.

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What line do you say after: I love the smell of my mother’s hair after she washes it.

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I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves.

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What line do you say after: I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves.

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But I’ve never been able to tell them.

68
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What line do you say after: But I’ve never been able to tell them.

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My father brought home a small stuffed bunny for me when I was really little—less than a year old, I’m sure.

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What line do you say after: My father brought home a small stuffed bunny for me when I was really little—less than a year old, I’m sure.

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It was white and soft and just the right size for chubby baby fingers to pick up.

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What line do you say after: It was white and soft and just the right size for chubby baby fingers to pick up.

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Mum placed the toy bunny in my hands, and I smiled.

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What line do you say after: Mum placed the toy bunny in my hands, and I smiled.

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Then it fell on the floor.

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What line do you say after: Then it fell on the floor.

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Dad placed it in my hands the second time.

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What line do you say after: Dad placed it in my hands the second time.

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I really wanted to hold it and hug it.

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What line do you say after: I really wanted to hold it and hug it.

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But it fell on the floor once more.

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What line do you say after: But it fell on the floor once more.

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I remember I got mad and started to cry.

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What line do you say after: I remember I got mad and started to cry.

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“Try again, sweetie,” Dad said, sadness decorating the edges of his words.

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What line do you say after: “Try again, sweetie,” Dad said, sadness decorating the edges of his words.

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“You can do it.”

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What line do you say after: “You can do it.”

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My parents placed the bunny in my hands again and again.

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What line do you say after: My parents placed the bunny in my hands again and again.

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“Your life is not going to be easy, little Melody,” he’d say quietly.

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What line do you say after: “Your life is not going to be easy, little Melody,” he’d say quietly.

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“If I could switch places with you, I’d do it in a heartbeat. You know that, don’t you?”

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