By the time you reached 'third' year the hole reappeared, now one through which a hair-grip could slide, enabling the beret to be balanced on the back of your head—a trendy statement!
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By the time you reached 'third' year the hole reappeared, now one through which a hair-grip could slide, enabling the beret to be balanced on the back of your head—a trendy statement!
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By presenting herself as frightened by the dangerous creature animated by the children, the caregiver legitimates the symbolic transformations proposed by Mattia and riccardo (the hair-grip as a crocodile or a shark) and remarks the nonliteral use of objects.
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The hair-grip goes some way towards satisfying his deep desire to be one of them. The little boy who saw the white cockerel, and the little boy wearing Lily's hair-grip, both remained part of William Golding.
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