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Short Story On My Porch
It was a very calm and peaceful night out on my porch. I thought to myself it hasn't been this quiet out since that annoying red chief was born. He’s like a pest of angry gnats that won't go away. Welp off into the house I go to get ready for bed. I shower and put my pajamas on and get ready to lay in bed when I suddenly realized I had left my phone out on the porch. I got up in a hurry to get it because I heard there was going to be some slight rain tonight. As i'm back on the porch. I spotted a raggedy truck creeping down the street as if it was in a funeral line. It looked as if it was going to give up on life at any moment now. I quickly went back inside and peeped out my curtain. Well isn't that quite strange I thought to myself. Whoever

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