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From: The Topeka Capital-Journal
Date: 20000720
Author:Capital-Journal

People are always coming into this household under false pretenses.

It's like living in some P.G. Wodehouse novel where the castle is crawling with imposters, nobody is who he seems to be, and confusion reigns.

The trouble is, our home is no castle. Oh, we still get the imposters and the confusion, but we lack the stately rooms and expansive grounds in which to house and hide them.

Years ago there was Sarah the Chicken, brought home by our then-6- year-old ("She followed me home. Can I keep her?") and ensconced in the back yard to enjoy a queen's life. But Sarah turned out to be not a chicken, ...

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