Bo Carter Humphries: A Short Story

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Bo Carter Humphries was a kid who lived in Chicago, IL that no one liked. He was very mean to people, he was very lazy and he had bad grades. The thing that he hated most was to pray. And he hated this for multiple reasons. He thought he will be embarrased when he prayed. He thought his bully friends will laugh at him if he prayed. He also didn’t know God, he hated God. He wanted nothing to do with God. Then thanksgiving comes, his family and relatives were there. Every year they choose a prayer warrior before they eat. This year they chose Bo Carter. With a loud grunt and shout he said, “I don’t want to pray! Prayer for suckers! I’m a cool kid, I don’t pray! This made his parents furious and they sat Bo Carter down immediately. Bo Carter’s

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