Pendanski's Letter

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I made it look like Zero was really mad in his letter, also i made him look really demanding. Ex: “ I will not dig another hole ever again!” He is sort of like a Hector that talks a lot.
I made Mr. Pendanski try to be a little innocent, I even made him lie to the warden he actually told stanley to fight back. He didn’t stop the fight until Hector started choking Zig-Zag. Mr. Pendanski in my letter is the type to make it look like he nothing to do with the fight, especially when writing a letter to the warden.

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