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Over the course of the summer, Richard had grown tremendously. Physically, he had transformed into the stature of a bull, standing tall over most 14 year old boys. Hockey has made him strong, but lean. However, you must not judge a book by its cover, for the mind of this young man was much less developed. Hearing various words like duty or but caused him to giggle, the slightest reference of his dead dog will bring tears to stream, and believing girls carry the incurable disease “cooties” are still ingrained in his mind. Starting his first year at camp he was lost and unsure of where his cabin was located. He was wondering, with his face planted on his map, when he crashed into a girl. Each individual losing control of all their belongings.

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