Brief Summary Of The Handmaid's Tale

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Suddenly the Johns had decided to skedaddle to Oregon because they hoped to get rich. They bought a wagon which was very creaky and set off on their way to Oregon with three kids and a dog. They brought to much stuff and overloaded their wagon with distasteful furniture clothes and knickknacks. They were going to cross a river with their heavy wagon. In their creaky wagon they were slowly moving to Oregon with their dog. When they got to the roaring rushing river they started to cross which was a bad decision. In the river they realized their wagon was sinking and they could not swim in the river nor could they walk in it. Helplessly they sank into the cold waters of the river never to be seen again expect the dog who rushed to shore because

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