Short Story: Under The Rug

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Under The Rug Two weeks passed and it happened again, the same bump right under the rug impossible to stop it from moving around. The bump under the rug was making things fall above it like the table with the lamp on it and it collapsed, the man trying to stop the rug became angry throwing everything at this bump everyone thought he was crazy because no one saw this “bump” under the rug.
The man grabbed a camera while the bump was positioned in one place, he took the shot and as he looked at the photo the bump wasn't there but when he looked out of the camera and at the rug he saw the bump, there was no way he could show evidence to the others about this bump, so he gathered his family into

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