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Submitted to Contest #87
Mr. Lufthansa was tapping his pen on his big, oily mahogany desk at the Royal Chicken Inc. headquarters. Mr. Lufthansa never knew what to do after lunch, but today was different. It was almost April Fools day, the day that would mark his new beginning and his escape from the scaly grip of chickens.Mr. Lufthansa started working at the local chicken factory when he was 14, raking chicken poop into big, neat piles in the hot Tennessee sun. He had hated the job, and he had especially hated the chickens. They smelled terrible, shed puffs of dirty...
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