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Mary Lucille was miffed with the spoonbill kids next door and their constant teasing about her "skinny beak". Her brother's advice--"Don't let them ruffle your feathers . . ."
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The entire rookery was amazed. The Johanson triplets, Sven, Ole, and Twyla Sue, had successfully predicted not only the winner of three Astro's baseball games in a row but also the final score. Mom was already getting calls from Las Vegas . . .
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Judy was sad. The eggs were laid and hatched, the chicks getting ready to fledge, and she was losing her elegant mating plumage; she hated going back to being ordinary . . .
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Eldon felt gawky--not a chick, not an adult--but he felt better when mom explained that his gawky phase would only last a couple of months, whereas humans went from cute kids to gawky teens and the gawky phase lasted several years before they became elegant adults, and some never made the transition . . .
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Jimmy's visitors from New York were blown away by the Texas Gulf Coast sunset, but jimmy said it was "average--well, maybe just a little spectacular . . ."
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When the girls tried out for band, they were all accepted, but they were all assigned to the trumpet section--not a cello player among them. Disappointing . . .
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