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My then junior-high daughter, Jezebel, fell under the spell of a ninth grade hellion we’ll call “Emma.” Emma had dedicated herself to a precocious mastery of mascara, rock n’ roll, and, worst of all, boys, so naturally we sprang into action to rescue our perfect little angel from Emma’s ruinous clutches. Now, Emma wasn’t the first bad influence we’d had to deal with, but the only tween-size plot left in the backyard was under my wife’s prized tomato plants, which we hated to spoil because they were coming along so beautifully. Plus, we suspe...
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