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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Do You Have the Same Talent as Your Dad?

I remember the moment i realized that my mam had, in fact, heard san speak. It was one morning as we were eating breakfast together and mum said, i see you have the same talent as your dad. What talent is that? I asked, ventriloquism. Did he teach you? I'm not a ventriloquist. But robert was better at it than you. You know, i can see your lips move when you do the horse. I never could with rob. And i would feel better, we would all feel better, if we knew there wasn't anything funny with you and that horse. If i didn't know doc better, i'd

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