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soniclettuce t1_izcw9uq wrote

Reply to comment by OL-jordy in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch

>On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me >A partridge in a pear tree

>On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me >Two turtle doves, >And a partridge in a pear tree.

>On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me >Three French hens, >Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree.

How do you interpret that and NOT have it be cumulative?

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Khal_Pwno t1_izd3psi wrote

I always assumed they said no to the gifts, so the true love takes the gift(s) back and returns with the same the next day and a new one added on.

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