My friend Emily, who once got an owl stuck to her hand, was bringing her son for a day with the ponies.
Like all manic souls, Emily can produce both magic and chaos, and you never know in what proportions.
Emily may appear eccentric but like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory she always turns out to be right.
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