Barfy Bertha Research Paper

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Once upon a time, there was a little, old granny who needed someone to take care of her winter plants while she was gone on an expedition up Mount Everest and through the Nile River. [4] Believing that her granddaughter, Barfy Bertha, was trustworthy for the job, she gave the plants to her. An icy habitat, which Barfy Bertha did not have, was required for the winter plants. [1] She searched for a place all over her house, but the only cold place she could possibly find was the fridge, but she could not put them there because it was already full of food. [6] Then an idea struck her. [3] Suddenly she sprinted downstairs to the humongous fridge and greedily gulped up all the food in it as if she had never eaten before and was starving to death. [5] If she put them in the fridge, Grandma’s winter plants would be fine after all. …show more content…
[5] As she reached up with her arm to cover her mouth, she pondered to herself, “Why on earth did I just do such a stupid thing?” [6] It was too late. [2] Beside Barfy Bertha, you could spot a mushy mix of spaghetti, pizza, milk, apples, tomato soup, a hamburger and much more mush! [3] Unfortunately, the winter plants, which were sitting close by the fridge, got covered with puke. It was disgusting. It smelled bad. It was everywhere. [1] Barfy Bertha was too sick at the time to pay attention to much at all and because of this; she sadly did not realize that there was puke all over the

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