Excerpt From Frankenstein

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It all started about two years ago. It was December 2, 1951 when Mary Elise had her first daughter whom they called Edith. Edith was the same as every other baby but something happened when she grew up!

“Edith come here right this instant”! “coming mother”! She ran down the steps and through the kitchen doors and said “what”. “Help me with the dishes sweetie”. “ Yes mom”, but after that i kept on thinking…. sweetie? Hmm where did that come from? But then i remembered that that was always what she did when i did something wrong and i just blurted out “ what did i do this time”. “Excuse me”! “You don’t know what you did”! You were playing catch with a baseball and when you threw it it went right through the window!! “And now you have a week’s worth of chores on your to do list”. Now after that there was just too much
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So much that the mom zoomed to an orphanage and left poor poor Edith all alone on the doorstep.

Edith tried opening the door but it would not budge. So she rang the doorbell inside she heard footsteps and then the door slowly creaked open and an old old lady came out and said “hi there i am sister luanne what is your name dear”? “Edith”. I said in a low low voice. Then i realized that the old lady was a nun. And she said “How did you get here little one oh i mean Edith”. I said “ my mom got mad because i broke a window and got so mad she brang me here” i started crying so much water was pouring out of my eyes ,crying so much i could hardly breath! I hyperventilated and when i woke up i was surrounded by children the nun’s a priest and some babies that teens were holding. Then when i finally was not feeling like i was going to throw up i said “where is my mom” and the priest said “oh sweetie you came

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