The Last Pioneers
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Portsmouth was once called The Comeback City, but I don’t think there’s any coming back from this. 
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Minford.
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People from all over the county would travel there for its restaurant, which served excellent biscuits and gravy.
Lexie C.
And blueberry pancakes the size of your head, if not bigger.
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grasped both sides of my face, and kissed me.
Lexie C.
Finally!!!
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I would be perfectly fine if we all just sat around and did nothing.
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Besides, Mom used to always tell my dad it was easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission every time she would buy something they didn’t talk about first.
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The city has fallen. There’s nothing left. No food. No water. Nothing.
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in typical Ohio fashion, within three days, the snow had melted, and the sun was shining once again.
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“Honey, where’s the fun in that?”
Lexie C.
Evil
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“It’s better this way. Faster. It means something.  Remember what I told you, Carter.”
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lifted the front of Mom's shirt to expose a single gunshot wound right above her belly button.
Lexie C.
How did that happen
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Until that damn butterfly came along, landed on one of my branches and snapped me in half.