{"id":11432,"date":"2022-12-13T15:48:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=11432"},"modified":"2022-12-13T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:48:33","slug":"possum-and-the-summer-storm-2-12-3-14-2-9-2-2-3-2-5-2-5-2-2-2-2-6-2-8-2-8-2-6-2-5-2-2-7-2-2-3-2-2-2-7-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-8-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-2-2-2-2-3-1-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=11432","title":{"rendered":"Walter Has A Best Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0by Sergio Ruzzier<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11433 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9781534477001_zoom-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9781534477001_zoom-1.jpg 600w, 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