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Saxby Pridmore: Daddy, please don’t go

Saxby Pridmore

Oct 01 2016

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Daddy, please don’t go

 

Daddy, please don’t go

I’m sorry I was bad

 

Daddy, please don’t go

I promise I’ll be behave

 

Daddy, please don’t go

I’m really, really scared

 

Daddy, please don’t go

You might get hurt out there

 

Daddy, please don’t go

I don’t like Mummy’s boyfriend

 

Saxby Pridmore

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