Summary: Ralphie's Mistake

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Ralphie’s Mistake
By: Yumna, Jazmynn, Dexter, and Owen Many centuries ago, in an African village, a young boy named Ralphie lived with his grandfather named John. He would help his grandfather on his farm, while he listened to the stories his grandfather told. Unfortunately, the crops never went farther then being a seed in the ground.
One day Ralphie asked his grandfather, “Papa, why do we waste our time growing crops that don’t grow?” His grandfather told him about the urban myth of something called water that lives in the sky. Ralphie asked why nobody has ever tried to grab the water from the sky.
His Papa replied, “Because everybody believed that the myth was fake”.
“Well then I’ll be the first”, said Ralphie.
He ventured out to find

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