<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;"><div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 18px;"><u>You can learn a lot while farming. Beware for whom the bell tolls when you place your vote.</u></b> <div style="font-size: small; display: inline;"><table class="ecxyiv3088330661MsoNormalTable
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#1f497d;" style="font-size: large; font-family: arial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fred</span></span><span data-mce-style="font-size:
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font-family:
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Arial;" style="font-size: large; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a</span></span></div></div><div><div class="ecxyiv3088330661MsoNormal"><span data-mce-style="font-size:
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Arial;" style="font-size: large; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency</span></span></div></div><div><div class="ecxyiv3088330661MsoNormal"><span data-mce-style="font-size:
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Arial;" style="font-size: large; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were</span></span></div></div><div><div class="ecxyiv3088330661MsoNormal"><span data-mce-style="font-size:
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font-family:
Arial;" style="font-size: large; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job</span></span></div></div><div><div class="ecxyiv3088330661MsoNormal"><span data-mce-style="font-size:
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font-family:
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font-family:
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