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Apparently Spelling Doesn't Count in that Incredibly Long Run-on Sentence

I have recently come across a pile of papers waiting to be sorted.   There were a lot of homework assignments or notes from both Jenna and me.    I copied a few of her stories to read through at a more convenient time and threw the hard copies away.   She doesn't have the best handwriting, and her spelling is atrocious.   Turns out I copied three partial stories.   One was about Emily Rogers, a teacher who wished she had well behaved students and seemed to get her wish - but her "wish come true" turned out to be somewhat eerie.   I love Jenna's imaginative description: it was silent like a cheetah eyeing its prey waiting for the right moment to pounce.   It was sort of creepy.   She had also   written a story about a character named Latisha Cannon who didn't enjoy math and also made a wish not to have it anymore and how the world seemed to change when math was no longer a part of it.   Both Emily and Latisha woke up ...