"If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that."

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"If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that."

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"If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that."

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