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Janie And Reevee: A Short Story
Janie and Reeve decided to skip school and go on a two hour trip from Conneticut to New Jersey where Jaine's biological parents live. Janie studied the map of New Jersey while Reeve was driving.When Janie told him all about how she thought she was kiddnapped and how her parents are actually her grandparents, Reeve didn't believe it. They got off the New Jersey Turnpike and stopped by a Mobil station which had a phone booth. She got in the phone booth and hoped that the phone book wasn't there, but it was. She looked through it until she found the last name Spring, and there was only one listing and it read: Spring, Johnathan Avery... 114 Highview Avenue. Once Reeve and Janie got near their house they stayed in the car and saw a yellow school
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