The Old Manor House
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When a family decides to move from a busy noisy suburb to a quiet calm forest, quiet can be dangerous. Will they realize this before it is to late?
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Short man finds small child in her dead parent's house and takes her in and said child has parental favoritism towards her new mother who wasn't completely into taking care of her in the first place
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