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The Landlady Story
In the story The Landlady. The author tells a story of a young man who's is looking for somewhere to stay. He thinks about going to a hotel but he sees a sign for a bed and breakfast and he decides to go there. He quickly notices that she's a little crazy but he never knew what would happen next. She gave him this tea that made him woozy. He stumbles upstairs to the room he was staying in and she follows him. He gets trapped in there with her and he dies. The kid walked up to the door not knowing he was being watched. He went up the steps and rang on the doorbell before he even had time to take his finger off the doorbell the door swung right open. Standing there was what looked like a sweet innocent old lady. He asked about the bed and

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