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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
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