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Fil-Am as Modern Kapre

On rare occasions,Dad told me about the ,little elves living under the schoolhouse in Daet.And Mom described the ,a monstrous giant with too-long legs,hairy and dark, smoking a big cigarhiding in the magical balete treetrying tomaking them lose their way.

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