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“Maybe if you dressed me up, you might learn a thing or two,” the chair said to her.
“Of course I can,” the waitress said. “Anyone can.”
“Maybe something good will come of this,” Marie said to herself.
“You can talk!” Marie said with astonishment. “You can walk,” the chair said.
“Maybe something good will come of this,” “Maybe if you dressed me up, you might learn a thing or two,” the chair said to her. “You can talk!” “You can walk,” “Of course I can,” the waitress said. “Anyone can.” “Hey, that’s not true. Not anyone can. There are a lot of old people who can’t walk. What about babies? What about people who have accidents? What about people who are born differently?”
Marie said to herself.
“All right, all right,” “I get your point.” “Well, if you get my point,” “Get me dressed and do something about it.”
Marie said.
the chair said to her.
Marie said with astonishment. the chair said. the waitress said.
the chair said.