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Submitted to Contest #73
"Ta-da!" Josh looked at the unveiled gift he had received and blinked. "Um... what is it?" "You don't know? You always talked about how cool it would be to have one of these!" His sister Jacqueline made a pose of grand gesture like he won a prize on a game show. The gray bird in the cage pooped in response. "I don't remember anything like that," he shrugged. Her jaw dropped, and she shook her head. "No. You're not telling me this isn't what you were talking about. Oh, God. That's three years in a row I've screwed up your gift."...
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