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In the "Good Samaritan" a traveler is hurt and down for the count, many people pass him by a Priest, a Jew, but in all that the people the Jews thought were bad ended up helping the man out and providing him a place to lay his head and recovery from his injuries. We can all be like to Good Samaritan by helping other`s out when people pass them by, provide a helping hand to others because you never know when you might need a helping hand. In "Desiree`s Baby" there is a man named Armand who marries a woman named Desiree her and him have a baby, a couple of weeks later the husband stops speaking to the wife. Desiree asks Armand why he is upset and not speaking and he mentions the babies skin color. He says the baby isn't`t white and that she must

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