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MotherMoon
07-07-2005, 04:24 PM
obedient: Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.

self-reliant: free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment

How do you get there?

pj and the bear
07-07-2005, 10:39 PM
Both! :D Still trying to figure how to get there.

MotherMoon
07-13-2005, 01:16 PM
I have problems with the word "dutifully" in the definition of obedient. I want them to question everything!