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![“Mosquito [...] had asked Ear to marry him, whereupon Ear fell on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. "How much longer do you think you will live?" she asked. "You are already a skeleton." Mosquito went away humiliated, and any time he passed her way he told Ear that he was still alive.” quote by Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/chinua-achebe-781_alive_mosquito-had-asked-ear-to-marry-him-wher_2395639.png)
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