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A Brief Summary Of Zora Neale: A Short Story Of Janie

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When Janie finished eating her peanut butter and jelly sandwich and she needed something to wash it down. Even though she was lactose intolerant she decided to drink milk, so she grabed Sarah Charlotte 's milk and gulped it down. While Sarah-Charlotte was protesting Janie looked at the little girl in the kidnapped section of the carton whose name was "Jennie Spring". As she started to look at the little girl more and more, she started to realize that the little girl in the picture was actually her.

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