During music class at the Bilkent school, third-graders sitting cross-legged on a large carpet sang "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" in Turkish, followed by "London Bridge" in English.

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To see the glowing faces as an ebullient Mr. Shimabukuro teaches survivors well on in years to play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, " who could guess what they have lost?

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Word had got out among the press that "Twinkle twinkle little star" was Madiba's favorite nursery rhyme, so, of course, all the children sang it for him.

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