'' heard you called off your engagement a while back . '' '' yes . '' '' sorry about that . '' she smiled . '' we seem to be saying sorry a lot to each other . '' '' look on the positive side-my screwed-up marriage and your screwed-up engagement give us something in common . '' '' two screwed-up relationships is supposed to be a
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so his father made him a set of wings with feathers secured by wax . '' it seemed as if she had read the story before , but she could n't remember it . '' did those wings work ? '' '' they did . but he got too ambitious for his own good and would not heed his father 's warnings . he decided he would fly all the way to the
sun

'' there 's a but , is n't there ? '' said coraline . '' i can feel it . like a rain cloud . '' the boy on her left tried to smile bravely , but his lower lip began to tremble and he bit it with his upper teeth and said nothing . the girl in the brown bonnet shifted uncomfortably and said , '' yes , miss. '' '' but i got you three back , '' said
coraline