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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the morning, you raced into the living room to warm first your backside and then your front-side by the stove. It stayed warm, but we still stood by the stove in the morning to warm our front and backsides up. We had a coal stove at home, but my brother and my shared bedroom was just a few feet from the stove.

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