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How To Write An Alternate Ending To Gregor's Life
Soon or later, Gregor was acting 100 percent like a bug and his parents didn't know how to act in front of him and they're both scared to see Gregor acting this way. His boss was even telling him to stop but he didnt, he could hear you but he couldn't answers you. Gregor doesn’t know how to act anymore like a human. Gregor boss told him before he left that he wa fired from his job, because of what he saw on Gregor that day. At this point he's dad was kicking him and hitting him to send him back to his room, because Gregor was scaring him and didn’t know how to tell him he needed help.

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