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who soar t ad \Mlerever you fly, you II be the best of the by ha ·
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~_~don t seca~p i~ a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fiy on u y~acly ·
, 9 et all h~~~sant bump. And the ch~nces are .. then, that you'll be u ~'~
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. ;~: useless place The Waiting Place .for people just wartrng vva 1t 1
·:J tre mall to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring or the sr· ..
. : · 1 ~ for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the frsh ·
- j •or Fnday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pc: ··
=,. oants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is Just wJ ·
;: I that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Bu ·
·.' more you'll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready ::;:_
]o'There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored there ar·
lo wrth that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame' ·
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· world watching you win on TV. Except when they don't Becaust:
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: _;fl 2~ and on you will hike and 1 know you'll hike far and tac~ .. ~ ·
t~p wrtho~rse. as you already know. You'll get mixed up wrth; ~ •
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· -~rJ J Kl~r y~x ,up your right foot with your left. And will you ~ ~- -_
. : You're ~ff U LL MOVE MOUNTAINS! So ... be your nam~arn 3 .
to Great Places! Today is your day! Your moun
---Dr. Seuss

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