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Cross Country: A Short Story
It all started on a late rainy afternoon in early fall. The season were changing and it was the perfect time for the sport cross country. In the small town of Crackerjack cross country was pretty big there. No joke it was "pretty big." The schools football coach used the sport as a punishment for the athletes that miss behave. So the cross team was full of big football played that had no reason being there. Nobody wanted to be on that team and they were wiling to do anything no to be until one day when a little boy named Camden came to town. He was the exact opposite of everybody in the town he wasn't big on the football aspect. Camden really loved to run and no matter the time or place he would find a way to run. As soon as he walked
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