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“Teníamos leche y queso para dar y vender gracias a los telegrafistas que a cambio solo pedían agua destilada de nuestro laboratorio. Yo no paraba de darle vueltas a para qué querían aquella agua, hasta que resultó que lo que realmente querían eran las botellas de plástico azuladas, que llenaban de aguardiente destilado en el Comité Antialcohólico Municipal.”

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Book:El profesor A. Dońda
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