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Song Thrush And Sister Peter
Gentle homespun tale from my first 'Lulu Self Publishing' Short Stories collection, Dead Nun's Shoes. Convent schooldays,nuns both nice and nasty,an evil-eyed cockerel and a bittersweet discovery for two little Irish children unleashed from the stuffy classoroom at last - all are depicted here.

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