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"text": "Mis’ Lyra! d’ye want some chick’ns cocht? I’m de coon to ’proach ’em if ye’ve ’cluded to give ’em chick’ns for de buf-day! Dey’s mighty fond of chick’ns, dey is:—like dat roostah on de fence?",
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