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Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side of a horse that was known to kick, and then look surprised when he got kicked.
Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side of a horse that was known to kick, and then look surprised when he got kicked.
Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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- Larry McMurtry
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- Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Larry McMurtry: documented activity in 1961. Wikidata Q611672, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611672 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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