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Contest #998
“To be fair, you don’t like anything.”
Ryan Ulrich, North Arlington, N.J.
“This is going much better than our bird-watching trip.”
Pavi Chance, Seattle, Wash.
“Is this what you pictured when you hid in my luggage?”
Jill Sterbakov, Drexel Hill, Pa.