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Handing the trap back to me, Papa said, “You know, this time of the year there’s not much to do around the farm, just planting; and I can take care of that. You go right ahead and have a go at those monkeys. Maybe you can catch them; you’ve caught everything else in these hills.”

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I’d stand there with my mouth closed tight, my lips zipped, glued, and stapled together to keep the angry words that were banging to get out and have a go at Mama from escaping.

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"If you have frustration than there's banter, and fans will have a go at players on the pitch, but sometimes it goes too far. Turning up at players' houses, I think that is wrong."

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