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Edna Smithers: A Short Story

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Edna Smithers left her house at precisely 5AM to take the ridiculously short walk to the local shop, she began the walk in what appeared to be a slightly weird outfit; a scarf with more stripes than a zebra, a yellow coat that looked like a New York cab, and some wolly jeans that looked like they been spat out by the washing machine as the fur was on the outside. All the passing pedestrians took a look at her strange outfit and crossed the road as quick as a flash to escape her pulverising gaze. Her hair was purpler than a freshly cut amethyst gleaming encased in a lump of dull rock, and her eyes were like bullets shooting in to you soul seeing everything. When she reached the local Tesco she stopped and stood as still as a statue just to scan

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