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Short Story: East Glacier Falls Summer Camps
“Yes mom, I know where to go”, Simon sputtered as he hung up and drove himself along with his little sister, Lydia, to East Glacier Falls summer camp. Their mom had seen an advertisement in the paper a few months back about after school recreational activities boosted cognitive power and improved test scores, but he thought that was made up by summer camps to get concerned parents to spend excessive amounts of money. As he pulled up and started to unload the luggage from the trunk he noticed a girl around his age limp over to the car and greet his sister. Walking over, he politely greets the girl and she introduces herself as Carmen. The children socialize briefly before the camp counselor hurried them to the mess hall. Once all the young campers
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