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Ashley Morgenstern

"Oh thanks!" said Ashley, as she took the vegetables from Lasille. She said a brief good-bye and let Lasille get back to her afternoon nap.
Ashley entered her shelter, to find a note from Carol. She scanned through it, and could make out the words "job" and "coming back tonight." She was lucky that the bombings started after she had gone to school, or she wouldn't understand a thing.
"Awesome!" she thought, "Carol is goinna get a job!" She set the vegetables on a broken piece of cement and got into her bed. She closed her eyes, and fell asleep.