Piggy: A Short Story

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Today was a rough day on the island. As usual we are getting left alone and scared for our lives of this beast that lives in the woods. During the day there isn't much to do other than play and cause ruckus here and there. We often play around the fruit trees and do our dirties there which probably isn't the most sanitary precaution. We had a meeting today about the beast. As always when one of us tries to speak we just get laughed at and told to sit down because we are younger and irrelevant I guess. Today Piggy had to stay with us while the others were searching for the beast somewhere on the island. Piggy is obviously the smartest here but him just like us are put down. He is put down because of how he looks which isn't to fair I’d say.

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