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Jerry's Lying: Summary
The narrator thought that Jerry had no mother, but Jerry kept insisting that he did. Jerry said his mother lived in a cabin near the woods. He told the narrator that his mom abandoned him because she was too busy and couldn't handle him. The narrator thought that he was lying and couldn't trust Jerry anymore. The narrator told Jerry that he shouldn't lie that he's got a mother.
The narrator wanted to believe Jerry but she knew he was lying. The narrator told Jerry why his mother abandoned him.Jerry said that she didn't want to take care of him. One day the narrator told Jerry to take her where her mother is. So they went to a cabin where a woman had dark hair and brown eyes. Jerry went up to her and said "mom" and she said she never had a
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