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I knew the power of a single wish, after all. Invisible and inevitable, like a butterfly that beats its wings in one corner of the globe and with that single action changes the weather halfway across the world.
I knew the power of a single wish, after all. Invisible and inevitable, like a butterfly that beats its wings in one corner of the globe and with that single action changes the weather halfway across the world.
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Alice Hoffman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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