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trying to drag her husband out but couldn’t move him.

Great Smoker and I came to help and we worked

together to drag him out, then we helped him to his

bedroom to sleep. Then Elephant asked me and Great

Smoker to go back to the living room. She said that

she would wash her husband and then let him sleep

alone there. It would take her some time. Great

Smoker and I went back to the living room. Inside

the living room, Great Smoker stared at me, smiling.

I stood apart from her and refused to see her. She

seemed to be in aa especially good mood. She had

been smiling as if she had seen something joyous. I

had never seen her so happy. A moment later,

Elephant came. She was holding a cup of wine. After

she came in, she handed the cup of wine to me. I

took it. She then opened a bottle of beer and poured

some beer into two glasses. Then she gave one glass

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