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MARCH 2006
SendersName: Percey Petersham
SendersAge: 16
SendersLocation: Gill, MA
Story Chain 3
Text1_Before_CHIMNEY: One night, when Mom & Dad were out for the night,
there was a noise in the
Text2_Before_BRIGHT_RED: . At first we thought it was Santa, although on
second thought, that would be a little strange in the middle of June. The
babysitter, my brother, & I peeked up through the fireplace. Instead of
seeing a
Text3_Before_HIGH_SPEED: fat guy with a sack of toys on his back, we were
looking at a skinny Latino kid in a gray jumpsuit. He told us he was there
to install our
Text4_Before_CROCODILE: Internet connection. Great! Once on-line, we could
find instructions on how to make a manure sculpture, we could chart the
progress of our favorite minor-league arm-wrestling prospect, and we could
buy real
Text5_Before_SNOW: skin trousers for school picture day. On The Weather
Channel Norway, heavy
Text6_Before_HELICOPTER: was expected to fall in Melkoya for the next...
um, century. We thanked our new friend, Juan, and sent him on his way,
through the chimney. We heard him leave in his
Text7_Before_BANANA: and wondered why we didn't hear him land earlier. So
engrossed were we in the cutthroat world of New Zealand Teen Fashion, that
my brother & I didn't see our babysitter grab a
Text8_After_BANANA: and begin to peel it. "Well, you have the Internet
now," she said, and took a bite of the banana, "you don't need me any
more." And with that, she jumped on her little blue Vespa and took off. My
brother & I didn't notice, because something funny & unexpected happened
on RakeInTheNuts.com
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