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For want of a shoe, a horse was lost

Do you remember the old saying we learned in elementary school? Miss Moore, our sixth-grade teacher, cited it often. Thinking back, I recall hearing this when anyone didn’t show up with their homework.

It goes like this:

“For want of a shoe, a horse was lost. For want of a horse, a rider was lost. For want of a rider, a soldier was lost. For want of a soldier, a battle was lost. For want of a battle, a war was lost.”

I was reminded of this while I searched for pine straw this week. Or pine

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