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One day,My cousins and my brother and I were on our way to my friends house Fredrick Hymes. We were walking down ramsey.My cousins cousin tyson was walking in the middle of the road.A muscular dog came rushing at me and my cousin.We did not know what to do if was a sudden jump.We were super scared the dog looked like he wanted to take a big bite out of me and my cousins.THe dog made his way over the ditch filled with water attacking us.As he made his way over the ditch full of water knocking tyson clean of his feet tyson started crying and i was next. I was running like a track star down the road as he knocked tyson clean off his feet leaving me in terror when he was after me and was terrified very,very,very,very terrified

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