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Mar 2025
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Little Happier: The Villagers and the Cr...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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In my version of a traditional teaching story, a village is terrorized by a crocodile. This story explores the dangers of dismissing threats to others while hoping that we’ll be spared. 

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