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Music It's June 1935 in the small village of Corbe, Ontario.

From the upstairs window of his modest farmhouse, 31-year-old Oliva Dion has a a bird's eye view of the crowd gathering across the street.

They're hovering around the gates of a new building opposite Oliva's farmhouse,

the Defoe Hospital and Nursery.

Oliva shakes his head, a complex swirl of emotions running through him.

A year ago, Corbe was just a sleepy French-Canadian village,

its inhabitants struggling through

the Great Depression just like everyone else. Today, though, it's a lively tourist attraction

known to the world as Quintland. Thousands of people flocked to the hospital each day, hoping

to catch a glimpse of the miracle babies of Corbe, the five identical quintuplets born to Aleva and his wife, Elzeir.

The gates of the hospital swing open, allowing a wave of admires onto the property.

This happens twice a day, and a few yards in, the crowd reaches a second fence that encircles the facility.

This is as closed as most of them will get,

and there's jostling among the tourists as they fight for the best view of the show that's about

to begin. From his window, Oliva watches the doors to the hospital open. The crowd behind

the fence grows quiet in anticipation as a nurse walks out onto the veranda holding up a one-year-old baby girl.

Her name is Yvonne, and with some encouragement from the nurse, she shoots her,

admires a smile and waves. Aliva flings open the window and leans out, hoping to catch his

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