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Hogfather - Children

Sep 27th, 2024
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  1. The door opened.
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  3. To his horror, Death saw a small child of unidentifiable sex come out of the bedroom, amble sleepily across the floor and unhook the stockings from the mantelpiece. It was halfway back before it noticed him and then it simply stopped and regarded him thoughtfully.
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  5. He knew that young children could see him because they hadn’t yet developed that convenient and selective blindness that comes with the intimation of personal mortality. He felt a little embarrassed.
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  7. “Susan’s gotta poker, you know,” it said, as if anxious to be helpful.
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  9. ***
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  11. Hogfather - p348
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