They slay the dreamer, pat him on the back and hope he goes away.

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And he went to it right away from the bus and he goes, thanks man.

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"What the web has taught us is that you can take nothing for granted - those who sit back and hope it goes away will lose, " he said.

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"If the problem of al-Shabab goes away, and we have some assistance, then we can go back, " he said.

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Then he goes down the steps, and the story ends or freezes in an empty space where appearances gradually fade away.

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He is going to do Engineering, and even though it is only a bus ride away, I know that I will lose him when he goes.

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What we fear, though, is that, when he goes, Clonbyre and Nead will be taken in with Oscarey again and Oscarey possibly abandoned, so far away we are.

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