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Handmaidens Fate

Watch out for betrayers, the knowing handmaiden said. Cleopatra took the apple, not realizing she would soon be dead. The asp was hidden well, same color green as the apple’s stem. The handmaiden was tossed into the tomb, her fate totally grim.

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Date: 8/13/2022 7:14:00 PM
Unfortunately, that was often the case. A general was often buried with all of his security detail so they could watch over him in the next world.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/13/2022 7:19:00 PM
Sadly, we make the same kinds of mistakes again and again. History does repeat herself.

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