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Inside DeSmet Gifts, new proprietor Chad Kruse said he felt obliged to read all the Wilder books when he took over the business, and he did not sound happy about it.
"I'll summarize them for you," he said. "First, there was a hot summer. Then, there was a long winter. Then, the grasshoppers came. Then, there was a hot summer. Then, there was a long winter. Then, guess what? The grasshoppers came.''
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ReplyDeleteInside DeSmet Gifts, new proprietor Chad Kruse said he felt obliged to read all the Wilder books when he took over the business, and he did not sound happy about it.
"I'll summarize them for you," he said. "First, there was a hot summer. Then, there was a long winter. Then, the grasshoppers came. Then, there was a hot summer. Then, there was a long winter. Then, guess what? The grasshoppers came.''
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