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Coming here
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was easier for you
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: m. j5 ~8 p# B$ xI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground% H5 q4 `# N1 B$ ~+ Q' }
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I watched others
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go and come back
7 i* L) z; l& ]We never did
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resettle in the old country
- I/ B! H( `; S% x: lleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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9 e9 k: {0 M! \3 O$ h& Z6 m-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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