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Jerry's Dying: A Short Story

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He has no mother. He has no skates”. What? His mother died by a car accident when he was just 2 year old. My heart started to beat faster when she told me about that. I started to wonder that Jerry lie to me about his mother. I decided to stay at the cabin for a day to try finding Jerry to ask him about his lie and more questions.
The next day I went back to the orphanage to try find Jerry. I ask a 11 year old boy who had seen Jerry last, I saw Jerry cutting wood” he said. I when looking for him where near trees fast like a race car. There I saw jerry wood with a rain cloud above his head and a river of water falling from his eyes.
I called out his name, Jerry, why did you lie to me? I just didn 't want you to know that my mother died by a car

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