You might have a different mindset, things were more conservative and openly racist back in the day.
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before Adding sugar ......
Mowing is a machine that you push with your arms on grass and the mower cuts the grass, so basically it cuts the grass so its not really long.
I think this is what you wanted, please describe the question more, thank you.
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4. The home has lost it's comfort since the death of the narrators mother.
Its location made it a center of trade, which led to the exchange of ideas.