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Snow On The Monster Slide
During a particular recess in third grade, it had started snowing. It had been snowing on and off for the past 24 hours. The kids would put on their snow pants and boots and carefully head outside as it was icy in many places. Many would rush to a side of the playground, where someone had an idea to make something even more fun. We had something that was commonly known as the monster slide, as the opening had a design as a dragon’s mouth. The idea would make sliding down a lot faster, and a lot faster means it would be a lot better. However, that wasn’t the case. I, along with two of my friends, wanted to go try out the “improved” slide. At the bottom of the slide, there were a bunch of kids putting snow on the slide, as going through the

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