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The Skull

Two boys were walking in the woods, just before dusk.
“Yo Jin wait up, is that what I think it is?, Chen said.

“Whoa dude, a skeleton,” exclaimed a surprised, and excited Jin.

“No, nimrod, it’s just the skull,” Chen replied and he bent down to further inspect such a cool find.

“Dude don’t touch it,” Jin said.

Chen gave the skull a gentle kick towards Jin, who backed away before it could hit his shoe.

Chen took the Raisinettes from his pocket, left over from the movie they had just come back from, and started shoving them in the skulls mouth.

“Dude, you’re sick ” ,said Jin, “That thing is gonna come to life and kill you.”

“Yeah right, like that only happens in the movies ya wuss,” Chen laughed.
Chen put more candy into the skulls mouth, saying, “here’s some sugar to rot your teeth Cpt’n Jack,” and laughed some more.

The boys headed for home as it was getting near their curfew.
Behind them they heard a noise, they turned, and saw the rolling skull.
They ran home the rest of the way.

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