'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street'

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“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”

“Bang!” Pete’s dead! Pete went to see if the lights were working on the next street over. He came back and Charlie shot him. Pete was walking toward Maple Street in the darkness, and Charlie shot him because he taught Pete was a monster. The plot is realistic in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” because a meteor flew over Maple Street, Les Goodman’s car doesn’t start, and lights go on and off.

At first a meteor flies over Maple Street, that happens in real life. Meteors can enter Earth’s atmosphere. For example, the theory of how dinosaurs went extinct, it was caused by a meteor. Then Les Goodmans car didn’t start. These things happen. The car’s battery could’ve been dead. Also, his car could have

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