This thing before long, don"t know why, from hospital in the area from a folk song, said that the missing a female patient was the backyard tree night owl away."

此事情没过多久，不知为何，从住院区里传出一种谣风，说那一个下落不明女病人是被后院树上的夜猫子带走了。

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Of course, Penn didn't know of the hospital's troubles when he wrote the song, but it's only natural that his protagonist would find disappointment there, too.

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