It's called evolution. You must know that. Yes, we are.' She looked up from her book.' I would hope, though, ' she went on, 'that we also have some rather more beautiful ancestors. Don't you?' --Mina

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  4. I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.

  5. And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

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