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Thank you so much. Okay, so I grew up on a small farm, right?

Animals everywhere. I grew up on a small farm, right?

Animals everywhere.

Cows, forests, goats, chickens, dogs, cats.

My brother had a snake and a turtle.

I had a parakeet.

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