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Submitted to Contest #315
"Birthday, come downstairs and eat!" Miss Lionel called out. My head lulled as I squinted at the window. Was it morning already? I contemplated on whether I should get up, or stay for longer. "Birthday!" Getting up it is then. "Birthday"... Who names a girl Birthday? I know who. The laziest people on the planet-my parents-well, my birth parents. I was given away at birth, to a place called 'Sunny' Orphanage. It was a far cry from 'sunny' though. The drabbiest, shabbiest, place known to man. Having been here for 16 years, I've grown accusto...
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