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Tanuki

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78. We watched that on tv the year I had just turned 4.

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:28 PM

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My parents loved it (so do I, now) but at the time it scared the bejabbers out of me, especially the part when the doorknocker turns into the spectral image of Jacob Marley!
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