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“Once upon a time, there was a girl named Miranda,” my mother told my younger brother. “She was a beautiful girl—”“Was she prettier than Snow White?” My little brother asked. I had always stood in the doorway while my mother told my little brother, Hero, stories. I had been waiting for her to tell Hero this story. “Yes, she was prettier than Snow White. Miranda, while beautiful, was very curious, and curiosity always kills the cat.” I wanted to cut in and say that “Curiosity killed the cat,” wasn’t the full phrase. The full phrase was ...
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