I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what …– Jane Smiley
I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to train them, and
I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to train them, and
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