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I want a double pink desk

When I go to school I want a double pink desk. This is what his girl talked about, her name was Tess. Jack wondered what double pink meant, but never knew. Tess never explained, and disappeared in nineteen seventy-two. The neighborhood searched, the whole city too. Only thing recovered was possibly a red tennis shoe. Jack and his wife split up, both blaming the missing on each other. He moved in with his siblings, and his sad little mother. What do you think she meant by double pink desk? They discussed this statement, which was often made by Tess. Jack fell in love with Marge on a fine spring day. They got married, and moved far far away. They have a daughter now, they call her Curly May. She is unlike the other, but here is what she’ll say, “When I go to school I want a double pink desk like my sis.” Curious talk from this five-year-old miss.

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