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Submitted to Contest #279
I don’t like children. I’m sure you think you know that, given what I am and what you’ve heard about me. But I really, really don’t like children. The depth of my hatred for children can barely be contained by words. Oh sure, it sounds like fun to chase them around and scare them, and in a way it does give me a weird sense of power. But it didn’t have to be like this. I just wanted to belong. Look, I didn’t ask to be made the way I am. For example, do you know how hard it is to find shoes when you have one foot and one hoof? Try ...
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