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Twenty-Two
Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for the rest of his life.
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When the man’s little girl, whose name I found out was Georgia, saw the deer and the rabbit, a smile immediately filled her face. Slowly, she stands up from the bed and goes near us. She was so tiny. I knew she was older than Kofi, you could tell by her knowing eyes, and yet, she looks so small due to malnutrition. Again, it makes me think of all the food that’s usually left to rot in the palace.
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