“Gwumpa I sorry i sneak out and eat cupcakes when you were sleeping.”<\/p>\n
“Why did you sneak out? You know you aren’t supposed to sneak while everyone’s sleeping. That can be a problem.”<\/p>\n
“I know gwumpa it’s just that my brain my big brain keeps telling me to think about cupcakes and i don’t know how to stop it.”<\/p>\n
O the dangers of a big brain<\/p>\n
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