Frankenstein: A Fictional Narrative

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The door opens slowly and a strange creature comes through the door. The creature looked like a overgrown hamster with long hair and sharp teeth. It had short fat legs with a swirly tail. The friends are even more scared as the strange creature waddles with its fat legs over to the group of friends . At first, the creature does nothing, but then rolls over onto its back. The friends, still frightened, wonder what the strange creature is doing. Then one of the friends realizes that the creature is friendly and that it wants them to rub his belly. After the belly has enough rubs the creature stands up and nudges up against the group of friends.”We should name him”, Bill exclaims “how bout Carl”.”Ok, we should take him home to my mom and dad”.

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