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They’d step out of the cave, and all the trees would be gone; the newly built houses would be ancient and falling down.
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He built a hut of driftwood logs and good strong branches, with a palm-thatched roof and a hard dirt floor.
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They were good kids, though not always easy, and over time, I built a warm relationship with them.
From MarketWatch
—The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, a gauge of builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family housing—was 36 in February, down from 37 in January.
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