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Beartracks

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8. My brother and I were reading a couple years ahead by kindergarten, too. It didn't occur to me...

Reply to demigoddess (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 5, 2021, 05:27 PM

Nov 2021

... until now that perhaps Sesame Street and The Electric Company might have had something to do with that. I've just always assumed we were naturally gifted!

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My brother and I were reading a couple years ahead by kindergarten, too. It didn't occur to me... Beartracks Nov 2021 #8