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Submitted to Contest #41
It was a warm, sunshine-filled June day for Jasper as he hopped on his bicycle and rode around his friendly neighborhood. He enjoyed the sunshine and wondered if his friend Harry would want to ride bikes with him. Suddenly, he noticed something tiny slowly crawling across the road. Curious, he screeched on the breaks and ran over to see it. Immediately, he was gleeful upon his discovery. It was a yellow-striped turtle that was about the size of his fist. It had short, stubby legs and a long, stretched neck that immediately shrunk into its sh...
Submitted to Contest #25
I placed my puffy, engorged ankles onto the metal scale. As the number started to calculate, I couldn’t help but think: Oh my god, you fatty. You’re so fat, you’re gonna break the scale. You weigh as much as an elephant. I tried to remember the last time I had done this, but my mind went blank. I watched as the number appeared and revealed a whopping number: 357.8 pounds. It shocked me. How could you have let this happen? Of course I knew how. I thought about all my late night trips to McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, and my daily midni...
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