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I hope the next time you get a double-decker strawberry ice-cream cone the ice cream part falls off the cone part and lands in Australia.
- Judith Viorst, ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
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June 17, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Ahh! LOVE Alexander! That book rocked.
June 18, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I love it too, it totally cheers me up when I’m cranky for no reason but can’t snap out of it
June 19, 2009 at 2:21 am
It’s great but knowing my luck I’d be the unlucky sod who’d have the strawberry ice cream (blech) fall on them!