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I used to have this toy, a magic slate. You wrote or drew on it and then, just by pulling up the plastic cover, everything you did disappeared and you could start new. Maybe everyone feels that on New Year's Eve: They can pull up the magic sheet and rewrite their lives.
I used to have this toy, a magic slate. You wrote or drew on it and then, just by pulling up the plastic cover, everything you did disappeared and you could start new. Maybe everyone feels that on New Year's Eve: They can pull up the magic sheet and rewrite their lives.
Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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- V.C. Andrews
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- Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for V. C. Andrews: documented activity in 1972. Wikidata Q275955, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275955 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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