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“Plague”
From 13-Year-Old Anne’s Journal — December 1, 1982 – EXCELLENT “This man sells corn. (He doesn’t know that the rats got to it.) Everybody gets sick and Charles finally figures out why. Him & Doc Baker go to the corn shed & find all these rats everywhere. They burn the shed. People get better & that’s the end.” ____________________________________________________ From Anne — In seventh grade art class, the teacher made us do paper maché. My team chose to make heads and enact a puppet spoof of Little House. Now, you can imagine how conflicted I felt about this. On one hand, I was an authority on the subject and glad to offer my consulting services. On the other hand, my smart-alecky peers were skewering my precious tropes. A...
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“Circus Man”
From 13-Year-Old Anne’s Journal — November 30, 1982 — FAIR “A circus man came and gave the sick people his secret powders, which are really fake. He left & Laura wanted him back because Jack was sick. He told her that the powders were phony & she cried. I’ve seen it before.” ____________________________________________________ From Tracy — Anytime I catch myself wondering if I would be happier in an earlier time, all I have to do is think about the progress of medicine and I am once again happily ensconced in 2012. Then I find myself wishing my robot body would hurry up and get here. Imagine always hoping that just around the corner is some cure, something that will help with the pain and all you’re getting sold is some alcohol...
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