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Las Vegas: A Short Story

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In Arizona there once was a soccer team named Hammers that was traveling on a van to a soccer tournament in Las Vegas. Throughout their journey to the tournament, these fellows sang and told scary stories. The team consisted of many players in which they all had different styles of playing and different personalities. The midfielder Juan was one of the bravest of the team, and hardly got scared with anything that was said. The forward Jose was the best player in the team but the weakest at telling stories. There was also a defender named Cesar They traveled at night to avoid hurting the players sight. As they began to tell their stories, the coach had a bet that the players had never met. The scariest story that was told would

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