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Short Story Of Howard Scotty

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On the basis of this story to be human means to go through challenging times. Scotty without looking stepped off the curb at an intersection and was immediately knocked down by a car. At first, it was no big deal Scotty got up and went about his day. Everything changed as Scotty was telling his mom about what happened. Scotty fainted and had to be taken to the hospital. In the beginning, doctors assumed Scotty would be fine. As more tests were done it became clear that something serious was wrong with Scotty. The most emotional part of the story came when Scotty finally opened his eyes. Just as his parents were bursting with excitement Scotty looked around and took his final gasps of air. At one point in the story, Howard Scotty’s father was

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