Paul records bird names in a little book.
He records Thrasher many times each day.
All of his thrashers are curved billed thrashers.
He is unaware there are any other types.
Paul thought about marrying once.
He wanted to be a stepfather.
The woman Paul was interested in
had no children of her own.
She collected strays from the neighborhood
which had a high abandonment rate.
Paul said thank you to her for the opportunity
but he was only in like with the woman.
He liked that she listened to his words
but came to understand
she only listened to every other word
unless the word started with a hard consonant.
Paul records Magpie in his little note book
for the first time while in Albuquerque.
After five days he crosses out Magpie
since no corroborating witnesses came forward.
Little did Paul know that there is a Magpie
and it records people sightings in a little note book
though no one has yet postulated
how the Magpie groups people.
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