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Weekly Contest #138
There once was a boy who lived in a small town in the middle of nowhere. He had contracted a rare disease and required medicine. He went to the local pharmacy, but all that they had were cough drops. He slowly walked home, whereupon he began to cry because without the medicine he would slowly weaken and eventually die. That night, although emotionally exhausted he cried more and though restless, he eventually fell asleep. Later that day he took a nap and dreamed that he was in a forest, and a yellow bear walked up to him and told him that th...
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