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You wouldn't for a minute depend on him, would you, to do what you said when you said it?
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"The ostrich flaps her wings futilely - all those beautiful feathers, but useless!
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She lays her eggs on the hard ground, leaves them there in the dirt, exposed to the weather,
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Not caring that they might get stepped on and cracked or trampled by some wild animal.
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She's negligent with her young, as if they weren't even hers. She cares nothing about anything.
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