Alexander Town Narrative

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Proverbs 11:8
The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and falls on the wicked instead. There once was a boy he was your average typical 18 year old senior at Lake Meadow High school. He got decent grades in high school and was on the football team. And he was planing to go to Yale since he got accepted into the school, he was also very funny, and had lots of friends. His name is Alexander Ward. His parents are Dan and Lesa Ward. Alex's best friend is actually a girl and her name is Jennie Forest. One day Alex was strolling though the town to meet Jennie at the park. When he passed his friend's dad's lumbar shop. Alex heard a dreadful crash and a lot of muttering. Alex also saw that the door was cracked open because the lock was busted.

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