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No Exit

The exit sign in a carnival atmopshere is the theme. This is my story:

Toby spent all afternoon eating popcorn, peanuts, and cotton candy at the county fair.

Watching the clowns tumble and joke under the big top, the midway feast now wanted out.

As she ran for the exit, a spotlight shone on her and the ringmaster grabbed her hand.

"Let me go," she said.

"Ever rode a horse?" he said, grinning. "I'm hung like one."

The crowd roared, the world spun, and Toby heaved up everything she'd ever eaten.

She woke up in a pile of hay, covered with clown makeup.

The ringmaster turned out to be hung more like a shrimp.

I had 300 words that needed to get back down to 100. It was not easy.

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