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The day I was born, my father gave me a telescope.

"What do you expect a baby to do with a telescope?" Mother asked him with a shake of her head.

Father ignored her. "Now, you’ll be able to see beyond this crib," he whispered to me. I opened one eye.

Mother shook her head again.
   
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