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Writing Prompt Monday: Mini Stories

Below are three sets of words. Use all the words in each set to write mini stories in 300 words or less:

SET 1: paper clips, principal, lunchbox, swing girl with a pink ribbon

SET 2: biology, class card, foreign student, leaf, blood sample

SET 3: typewriter, filing cabinet, puncher, clerk, carbon paper, janitor

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