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Submitted to Contest #206
Jed was only 6 years old, but he had the largest collection of rare insects in the continental United States. Jed had been obsessed with insects from the time he was born. Or perhaps it was shortly thereafter - very shortly thereafter. Before he turned 3, he’d learned to read from watching Sesame Street. If there had been a steady stream of insect shows on the tv, Jed probably never would have watched sesame street. But, when flipping through the channels, he’d never found anything interesting, so he just watche...
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