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On June 14,1967 a husband and wife, Joe and Rose, were expecting a newborn baby boy that they had the name Billy planned for. When Rose finally gave birth to Billy, her and Joe was shocked and disgust at their newborn baby, they didn’t like Billy. The baby was ugly because he didn’t look like an ordinary baby. Billy wasn’t wanted, his parents didn’t love him because of his birth defects. He was only born with one eye, one ear, an upside down nose.
The parents tried their best not to bring the baby home, but the hospital told them they didn’t have no other choice. As Billy got older he realize that his parents didn’t like him. He was five years old he could really understand what his parents was saying about him. His family called him creature,

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