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    <name><![CDATA[Jo]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 09:43:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 09:48:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ned gets a gun from his uncle for his birthday, but his father takes it away, stating that he doesn't want him to have it yet. That night, Ned sneaks the gun out of the attic and shoots it at a shadow. He is sure that the one-eyed cat that turns up soon afterward is the result of his handywork, and he feels horribly guilty about it.<br/><br/>I recognize that there was good writing here, and I thought it had flashes of insight about human nature, but the plot was just a little to internal for me. The entire story was about Ned's guilt and how he dealt with it, so the character did a lot of introspection, and describing. I can imagine that a kid would have a hard time digesting this.]]></body>
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