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normal. I quickly got off the phone and told them, “Sorry, kids, wrong
number.”
I’ll conclude this chapter on spy kids with the following wonderful saying
about all children, translated from the original Arabic:
A father was asked, “Which of your three children is your favorite?”
He answered, “The young one until she grows up, the sick one until
she is well, and the one who is away until she returns.”