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he insists, "ever did the knockabout. It 's been imitatin' life with them, the same as me. Now, take that baby act I do, with the doll: I got that from my own kid, straight. The wife did n't like it, at first—makin' fun o' the youngster—but she 's all right now it's a hit. No, she don't work any more. She an' Pop look after the kid."
