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Conversations with Mutton and Sequoias: Embracing the Unseen

Conversations with Mutton and Sequoias: Embracing the Unseen

'You look a little shy; let me introduce you to that leg of mutton,’ said the Red Queen.

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“‘You look a little shy; let me introduce you to that leg of mutton,’ said the Red Queen. ‘Alice— Mutton; Mutton—Alice.’ The leg of mutton got up in the dish and made a little bow to Alice; and Alice returned the bow, not knowing whether to be frightened or amused.”

Have you ever been introduced to a leg of mutton? Or a tree? Or any “thing”? It may sound…

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