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  • But then, this catatonic child sprang up from the chair, and abruptly commenced the most extreme temper-tantrum imaginable – screaming non-syllabic sounds, upturning a side table, and knocking out of his way everything that strayed into his path as he charged across the living room, before falling into the bathroom and smashing the mirror with his fist.

    A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003

  • But then, this catatonic child sprang up from the chair, and abruptly commenced the most extreme temper-tantrum imaginable – screaming non-syllabic sounds, upturning a side table, and knocking out of his way everything that strayed into his path as he charged across the living room, before falling into the bathroom and smashing the mirror with his fist.

    A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003

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