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There is no need to buy shoes at a shoe shop if you need ice cream.

Too late for the epic voyage booking, the berths were all reserved, they sailed in a sleek thirty meter yacht towards the rocky, yet verdent, isle.

Mythology and local rumor agreed, there were persuasive arguments for mooring here and staying a few days. 

The songs sung at night always played the next day.

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The day the oranges tasted better.

Two lawyers and a seamstress were discussing the hypocrisy of lace trimming as a car decoration.

They had got their premises wrong, but they invented a new theory of design.

We might thank them one day….

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Soaring over buildings and landing with a smile.

Not all superheroes can fly. 

With a set of cables and a spoon, one woman created a method of re-starting a stopped heart, or so the story goes. 

Where is this story? Real? True? We don’t need to check. The point is obvious. If you can solve a problem, be my guest, solve it. 

You don’t need to be an expert to be super, and a hero!

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Things and other things, were sliding sideways.

The lights were a blur.

It was time to sleep.

A fresh morning, new start and epic construction.

East, west and the other were easily reached!

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The gap between the doors was enough to provide a breeze on the hottest days. 

In the long grass animals roamed and freely played, hunted and slept. 

Inside the lodge was a round table where we all ate together.

It was a place where legendary  friendships were made. 

We returned to our countries with new compassion and determination to improve the lives of our fellow people.

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