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There was a time, not so very long ago, when school discipline was measured not merely by detentions or...
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(gap: 1s) In the gentle village of Thistlebank, where the morning mist curled over the gorse and the kirk...
In the gentle hills of Scotland, where the heather blooms and the loch reflects the sky, I spent my...
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(gap: 2s) In the gentle days of my childhood, each summer was a golden thread woven into the tapestry...