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Weekly Contest #40
Being the first in my class meant everything. I was an example to my other classmates. If I strive, they too will strive but if I struggled so did they. As class president everyone looked up to me, I would make sure everyday I dressed and looked to my best. I was taught to talk formally and respectfully to my peers and elders. No one was going to stand in my way of being first in the entire school, or so I thought. Amarillo, that was his name. Or the Amarillo the Zero as the other elementary students called him. The most lazy and selfish 5th...
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