"52 Shades of Graying"

"52 Shades of Graying"

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Clarence Learns What to Leave Undone
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Clarence Learns What to Leave Undone

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Nov 09, 2022
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Smiling older man with gray hair and glasses in the outdoors. Blirry green foliage behind him.

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"You want to take this Spanish course?" asked Professor Browning in precise diction. He took a quick glance over his reading glasses at Clarence. "How can you? You can't even speak English clearly. "

"D ... D ... Dat's ... dat's true," Clarence stammered. His stutter crackled in the muffled silence of the language lab. "But, I'm ... I'm ..…

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