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A, "Knight" Gets A Surprise In The Daytime Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived an evil witch named Windy who stayed to herself all the time. Whenever anybody came near her, she'd always cackle, wave her magic wand and horrible things would occur to whomever it was that happened to be near by. Some would get turned into animals if they were lucky, but the unlucky ones would be transformed into other weird things such as huge 3 headed dogs like Hagred's named Fluffy, some would lose a body part like a...
Farmer Purple's Awkward Class-Reunion Once upon a time in an extremely gigantic metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a farmer who was in his 80s named Farm- er Purple. That was actually the names his high school classmates had given him because he had red hair and blue eyes. Ironically, his favorite color was purple, which is the color or royalty. He did good work for a long time until an awful disease came upon him called old age. He was good at what he had done throughout his entire vocational life which consisted primaril...
Here's A Story Arguing Helped Me Write Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a young 92 year-old girl named Harry. People called her that because she shaved her head each winter when it got chilly so her head would stay warm. Her job in the spring and summer months was to sell snow gloves, sleds, leather boots and snow shovels. When the weather got colder she would sell bathing suits, pool supplies, kites and boating supplies. Her main attraction was to get the children to come visit her store since ...
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Here’s A Reason Why Dogs Say “Thanks A ‘Rot!’”Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a really nice black rottweiler. He was the runt of 10 puppies and his parents just flat ran out of names to call all of their little-ones. The girls each had lovely names because their parents had high-hopes that they’d each grow up to be some faithful, beautiful dogs who’d have many more puppies to carry on their family tree which, “wooden” be a bad thing since they’d go out on a, “limb” to make sure their, “bark” was much b...
Cathy's Short Journey From Rags-To-Riches Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a middle-aged lady named Cathy. She had her own restaurant called Kathy's-Kitchen. Her boss told her the only job he had available was to have somebody who could buss tables since the last one had moved out of town. Since her boss was desperate for helpers, when she walked into his office and said, "Good afternoon, Sir. My name is Kathy. I've come to apply for the table-bussing position you have available open here."Then t...
Cats And Dogs Don't Always Fight Together Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a lovely 18 year-old girl named Roxanne. She loved preparing meals, but she lived alone and there was nobody who would eat her delicious food except her. She took some of her dishes to the downtown market and sold her tasty food, thus making her be-come quite wealthy. She was also a beautiful young lady and had guys hitting on her all the time. That caused her to have many bruises from all those, "hits." She had been gett...
Every Dog Has It’s Day Even At Night Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a little puppy who had 5 broth- ers and sisters. He ended up being a stray because from the time he was old enough to leave his mamma’s care, he was labeled a trashy animal, and that was for more reasons than just coming from a, “litter.” He wasn’t exactly the most intelligent of animals either because some of the others just referred to him as, “his bread wasn’t quite done,” or, “his elevator didn’t go to the top floor,” or “h...
"It Rained Cats-And-Dogs," But Not On True Love Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a cat who was named Cathy. Her mom had so many kittens she had to come up with names for all of them at short notice and so she added an h y on to the end of her name. She was quite cuddly and loved being stroked, unless it was on a row boat since that kind of, "stroke" really turned her off big-time. Water is not something that any sort of kitten is a mighty intense fans of.There was also in the same hood, a dog who l...
Now, This Is The Boy Who Cried, "Vampire" Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there was a 10 year-old boy named Jack. He has a problem with not always being truthful about things. His name was Tom. In fact, his lying had reached the point where nobody could trust him, even when he did tell the truth. He also had a right vivid imagination and would think up the worst stories to tell his parents. It had gotten hard to find sitters. That was a horrible way to live.His parents didn't like to leave him with baby-...
Fearless-Fred Verses The Veenda Voasha Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there was a tremendous college called Avery University. It was a really major school for continuing education which attracted many students from far-away cities to come attend it. When there was a meeting between all the colleges in the country, a young man approached some girl and asked her, "What school are you from?" she replied, "Yale." Tha's when he said , "Oh, alright then. WHAT SCHOOL ARE YOU FROM?!?!" ...
Mike And Mooney's Intense Competition Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived 2 boys named Mike and Mooney. They were both always trying to compete against each other in order to see who was the best at doing everything. They enjoyed challenging each other on difficult spelling words such as dachshund and Fahrenheit. They were also quite fast runners and were constantly having races to determine who the fastest runner was. Everything they did was a competition. That gave them great incentive to always...
Doug's No Dog, Although He Had, "Dug" Some Holes Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a 10 year-old boy named Doug. He was a really great kid. He had always wanted to own a dog of his own since all of his friends had one. That was always the main topic of conversation in all of the groups he was affiliated with such as his neighborhood friends, his Church friends, his Cubs Scout Pack and his football team called The Cougars. Because he had so many different sets of buddies, the only time he could ha...
Charlie Chocolate's Life Takes A Right Big Twist Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a man named Charley Chocolate. That was really his nick- name because he was so addicted to any kind of food which had some chocolate in it. His main problem was that he had a really major sweet-tooth. He had asked his dentist, named Dr. Teeth, to pull that dog-gone thing. The problem was all the insurance he could afford would only pay for certain dentists, and Dr. Teeth just happened to be a Muppet. Yet Charley ...
The Healing No Doctor Could Ever Grant Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a mad scientist named Dr. Octopus. That was actually his nickname which was given to him by every girl he dated because he couldn't keep his filthy claws off of them for very long. That was what made him be a, "mad" scientist in the first place. His favorite activity was inventing new things in his lab.. He loved that. In fact, he loved it so much he bought one for his house, that's a beautiful black, "lab," that is. He na...
Here's How Some Bunny Made It By A, "Hare" Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there was a bug forest. In that big forest lived a little rabbit who answered to the name of No-Name. The reason she was called that was because she was the 12th baby in the litter. Her mom ran out of names to call all those babies so that was the only thing she could think of right off. Her daddy said, "Whatever you say, dear. I can't even tell the sex of all those young 'uns. Let's say if they're females, we'll call them Misty. ...
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