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Even if she__ [Ossie] gotten away from him [her ghost fiancé] the prognostications were grim__lligators with unusual pigmentation can__ camouflage themselves in the dust-and-olive palette of the swamp. Their skin is spotlit for predators. That__ why you don__ see albino Seths [Ava__ pet name for alligators] in the wild. Once an alligator reaches a size of four feet its only real predator is man.
Karen Russell Swamplandia!
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Even if she__ [Ossie] gotten away from him [her ghost fiancé] the prognostications were grim__lligators with unusual pigmentation can__ camouflage themselves in the dust-and-olive palette of the swamp. Their skin is spotlit for predators. That__ why you don__ see albino Seths [Ava__ pet name for alligators] in the wild. Once an alligator reaches a size of four feet its only real predator is man.
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