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TIL the nursery rhyme "Mary had a little lamb" is based on a real incident in the life of Mary Sawyer. Mary brought her lamb, who followed her everywhere, to school one day. The teacher kicked lamb out, but the lamb waited patiently outside the school for Mary.

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