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Snow Day War Research Paper

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Snow Day War
By: Alex, Mike,Tyson, and Jake

One day in a frozen wonderland, I exit my garage to clean my driveway, when suddenly four-hundred twenty foot snowmen invade my yard claiming as their warzone. I begin to confront the frozen warriors when suddenly an enormous ice tank rolls in the battlefield. All of a sudden, thousands upon thousands of ice

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