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Walter Mitty Book Report
The life of Walter Mitty
By Gregory Jones
9/17/12

Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last. “Walter!” his wife yelled “what are you doing can’t you see I’m ready to leave!” Ok Mitty replied they got into the car and Mitty turned on the radio. The Football game had just ended, and the announcer was describing the atmosphere in the game it was the 4th quarter with only 30 seconds left on the clock. “Ok Mitty you’re going to throw to the drag route understand?” “Yeah coach I know what to do I’ve done this before” Mitty ran onto the field into the huddle. “Ok guys we got 30 seconds left were going for it now, everyone just run down for a Hail Mary. The players stared at him in confusion they all knew the coach wouldn’t

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