Who Is Paw: Fact Or Fiction?

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It was a cold, windy night when John, Susie, Billy and Pepaw were sitting around the campfire, when pepaw began to tell a story from his childhood. He began the story by telling them about his trusty lantern. He said he was on the Golden Gate Bridge with his beloved wife. His lantern began to flicker, so he began to sway it back and forth to make the flame reappear. When he looked up there was a dense fog forming over the water, a large pirate ship began to appear. They began to get frightened and quickly turned and ran away. This was an odd ending, but surprisingly pepaw was done telling the story.
Later that night after everyone went back inside to go to sleep, John was tucking Billy in and Billy said,”Dad, can we go to the bridge with a lantern tomorrow night and try to see the pirate ship?”
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At first Susie was reluctant to agree to go to the bridge, but John eventually convinced her that everything would be okay. It was a cold and rainy morning when they all woke up. They put on their rain coats and boots and headed towards the Golden Gate Bridge. It was still pouring down rain and cold when they got to the bridge. They waited for a few minutes to see if the rain would eventually stop. Finally, after about an hour the rain

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