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#396801voted by our readers
By theweirdworder DIAMOND
Newtown, Pennsylvania

Soft, hairy down covers my lip that is able to be petted like a cat but it doesn't purr just growls. It's brown-black and it's sitting up right in the mirror...
theweirdworder DIAMOND, Newtown, Pennsylvania
65 articles 49 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.<br /> -Plato


#396802 Poetry
By OceanLily SILVER
Huntsville, Alabama
OceanLily SILVER, Huntsville, Alabama
6 articles 9 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t swing on a string, its much to frail, the best kind of swing it is a Tigger&#039;s tail.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~Roo

#396803 Poetry
itsyourmaingirl SILVER, Flint, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Show me a family of readers and I will show you the people who will change the world.

#396804 Poetry
By yungcicada BRONZE
Bridgeton, New Jersey
yungcicada BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#396805 Poetry
By eily919 GOLD
Lake Bluff, Illinois
eily919 GOLD, Lake Bluff, Illinois
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#396806 Poetry
Snicker_36 BRONZE, S Ogden, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"People should run free with beards and books!" Mr. Wilson, my history teacher

JSkeletonRocks PLATINUM, Longmont, Colorado
28 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Your mind is like a parachute, it doesn&#039;t work unless it&#039;s open.&quot;<br /> -Frank Zappa

#396808 Poetry
By hotshot PLATINUM
North Sioux City, South Dakota
hotshot PLATINUM, North Sioux City, South Dakota
27 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.<br /> Henry David Thoreau

#396809 Poetry
By lil.awol ELITE
Independence, Missouri
lil.awol ELITE, Independence, Missouri
124 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;there&#039;s a darkness upon me that&#039;s flooded in light, and i&#039;m frightened by those that don&#039;t see it&quot; ~the avett brothers, head full of doubt

#396810 Poetry
lexi.smith13 PLATINUM, Brownfield, Maine
46 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A house divided against itself cannot stand&quot; - Abraham Lincoln