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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>It’s
me again – Norm!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>To
celebrate the start of spring, I have written a new poem. I hope you all
like it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Spring
Is Springing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Robins are bobbin’ and
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in places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The sap is arising,
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normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For waves of color
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normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Norm (and the rest of the
Red Bay Gang)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Grady, Hoagie, Johnny &
Opie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sandi Wittenberg - Mom to
the Red Bay Basset Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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