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Character Analysis: The Swimmer's Tale
The Swimmer’s Tale
The travelers trudged from the bus stop to the favored Chick-fil-a in the LaCantara Mall.As they gave their orders the Pianist declared,”We should continue to tell tales as we have done the previous night”.
“We could do it every night to pass the time!” exclaimed the swimmer.
“Yes!” cheered the surrounding travelers, “that will bring a little entertainment to our journey!”
“Well, I have a tale I will gladly tell.” said the swimmer”It’s sad but, joyous! Brave but, cowardly! Now gather ‘round and listen close for this is my tale!”
There once was a family of porcupines. They were nothing special, actually they were less than special. The family wore simple apparel and lived in a nice neighborhood tree stump. They were not poor.
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As they talked his friend told him about the toad named Chorso that supposedly practiced “magic”. Joe decided if he was going to have to get stronger, that was his best bet.
The next day he set out for Chorso’s hut. Once he was on the road he tough back to his grandmother's words as he walked out the door.
“Be careful Joe, you were made to be you.”
“I’ll be fine.”
“Just remember, be yourself everyone else is taken!”
She had said something else but he had rushed away so he wouldn’t have to listen.
Her words bounced around in his head. That eventually became very annoying so he decided to stop for lunch. He found a big oak tree and set up his packed lunch He brought; some canned fruit, a leaf sandwich and, for dessert, a slice of bark pie. As he was finishing up eating a faint stench caught his attention. It was very sharp and made Joe scrunch up his face. “What in the world could have possibly cause such a stench!” groaned Joe. As he followed it up stream he began to recognise the smell of.... SKUNK!
Joe immediately turned around and scampered away but, soon found himself lost. He need directions from some animal but the skunk was the only one for miles. He would have to talk to the

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