Greensboro: A Short Story

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It was a bright, summer day in Greensboro, NC. Aubrey, Molly and I were walking through our neighborhood coming home from the pool. As we were walking to go home we passed an old abandoned house that has been in our neighborhood for years . Aubrey always told us how we should look inside, so we all decided to take a tiny glance and see if there was anything in the house. When we looked inside the house we noticed that several lights were on, and that there was furniture in every room. Molly decided to twist the doorknob and see if the house was open and to our surprise it was. All three of us stepped into the house and shouted several hellos before going around to investigate. We saw various spider webs, cracks in the floor, and dust. We

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