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Poor Corky Corn

A package of corn cobbs were sitting on the refrigerator shelf shivering. “If we don’t get out of here we my go the easy way or the hard way.” They all looked up at the counter where the pie lady was standing and gazed at her as she shucked the other set of corn cobs and hped that they would not be tomorows bunch. The pie lady would pull several corn cobbs out ever day, shuck them, and boil them until they were tender, crisp, and dead. One day, the pie lady was reaching for them and just as her hand grasped them and started to pick them up, the phone rang. She dropped the poor corn cobbs instantly and picked up the phone. She was in the next room over and had left the refrigerator door wide open. This was thier perfect opportunity to escape. They struggled and struggled to get out of the plastic bag. When they finally escaped, they made a run for it. But one tripped, fell, and ripped his grassy shell open massively. They all tried to help him, but could do nothing. They had to leave him behind to freeze.

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