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Weekly Contest #42
At the edge of town was a nondescript home built in the 1950s. The house needed paint but the owners put that task off. The neighbors saw old Mr. and Mrs. Worley every day in the garden, taking care of the lawn, and sitting outside on their porch during the summertime. Their dog, Jasper, a wired haired terrier, liked digging under their fence. It took all one summer to cement a barrier around their yard so their dog wouldn’t escape. One day, Mr. Worley decided to put a storage shed in the back yard. Neighbors, peering over the fence, were mo...
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