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Episode 91: Natural Habitat

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The Harvard Man and His Friend, William Hunter Harkness

William hunter harkness was a handsome harvard man turned explorer, which was a type of guy there. In the early 19 thirties, bill was famous for bringing the comodo dragon back from the wilds of indanesia to frighten children ot the bronkzoo. He too had read all those books that helped her fall in love with the wider world. And at night an on mornings after, they'd read to each other from those books, trace the ribbons of rivers that rippled blue across maps unfolded on the unmade bed and dream about where their lives would take them.

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