My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It
by Mark Twain As I understand it, what you desire is information about ‘my first lie, and how I got out of it.’ I was


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by Mark Twain As I understand it, what you desire is information about ‘my first lie, and how I got out of it.’ I was
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