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Updated: May 1, 2025

Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it; And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it. "You're beaten to earth; well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat, But to lie there-that's disgrace.

Lilyan Stratton - Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information