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The passing on of family traditions and lines of thought is so important. Today the grandboy was pretending to be a shark.<\/p>\n

“You afwaid, you afwaid of me gwumpa?”<\/p>\n

Playing along, i said yes, i was afraid.<\/p>\n

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I recognized the gleam in his eye as he saw I had fallen into his trap.<\/p>\n

“NICE TO MEET YOU, AFWAID! I IS A SHARK”<\/p>\n

Hehehe well played, youngun, well played<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0tableatny<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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