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Spunky Little Girl

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When I was born, I think my fists came out first — ready to fight. As a child, whenever someone delivered some injustice — whether it was upon me or someone else — I was ready to pounce. I always stuck up for the underdog. (I didn’t realize I was one myself until quite a few years later.) I remember watching a movie on television back in the good ole days. At that age -- I was around nine -- television was real. No cameras. No director. No actors. In my mind, it was all really happening. I don't know the name of the movie or what it was about, so I'm going to rely on memory. The scene kinda went like this: A man was beating the crap out of this woman on the bottom floor of a NYC apartment building. Upon hearing her screams, some of the people on the floors above ran out of their apartments to see what all the racket was about. Then, all at once, a few burly men ran down to help this poor woman. The heroes swiftly came to her defense by throwing numerous kicks and punches at the