The Bass The River And Sheila Mant

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You should really get to know your crush before you act like someone you’re not, because it may come back to haunt you in the future. According to “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”, a country boy has grown a slight crush on the city girl next door, yet with him being a few years younger, he can’t help but to eye her from afar and gape at her beauty. In comparison with the other by the name of “Lessons of Love”, a girl has fallen for a boy who she thought would never notice someone like her. The two are very much alike you see, because the girl herself in the second short story, “Lessons of Love”, is a freshman from what she had informed the audience. In the first short story, “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” , the

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