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by generous elves They got a tax write off though

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So think twice before you send a thank you card

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Okay we read about santa claus Frolicsome varies They work

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here All right Which of the following statements is supported

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by details or evidence from the students draft And here

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the potential danger Shmoop okay well this one requires direct

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evidence from the passage so unless we have every word

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brandon our brains that might be good idea to refer

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back to the essay so choice b looks promising right

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off the bat but it doesn't quite make the cut

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the narrator does say i hope that i feel better

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about things as i get older but overall the essay

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is pretty pessimistic Most of the passengers about how magic

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isn't real and lots of bad things happen in the

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world plan only had a general self to send this

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kid's way All right well next we'll get rid of

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choice See there are a couple of sentences about trying

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to wish magical things into existence over the narrator quickly

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burst that hopeful bubble when he or she says but

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i'm finding that i'm too old to believe anymore even

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when i tried to option d doesn't work either The

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narrator is clearly talking about how he or she used

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to read a bunch of fairy tales as a kid

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we never told that he or she is still staying

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up all night reading them with a flashlight on sheets

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however and that's good Because that would be super annoying

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toe his a roommate in college trust us we've been

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there Joyce is the best answer in the second paragraph

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in narrator directly mentions all the depressing headlines he or

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she reads War scandals death This kid is up to

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date on all the terrible things the world has to

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offer and i haven't even seen the new ford fiesta

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coming out Trust me Maybe they should spend some time

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watching that cable news network that only reports the good

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things that happen in the world Uh no wait that 00:01:55.921 --> [endTime] doesn't exist

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