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  • A Worried Mother Wondered Where Her Daughter Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Oct 3, 2002 (message contributor)

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A worried mother wondered where her daughter was on the rainy school day afternoon. She should have been home by now. The rain was heavy, the thunder loud, and the lightning was bright.

Finally, after a few anxious minutes she decided to put her coat on and look for her late child. Out the door and down the street toward the school she went. As she turned the far corner of their street she spotted her daughter, walking slowly and smiling largely, toward home.

The daughter spotted her mom and ran to her grinning from ear to ear. "Where have you been? Don’t you know that it is...

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    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2003
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