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Chapter number 3,279.741 Kevin had been walking through the desert for two weeks now, and his body had emaciated to 48 pounds, and all the hair had falled out of his head. The drone of the plane caused him to look toward the heavens. There it was! The rescue plane! An object was dropped, with the white parachute billowing open. Running over to receive the rescue package, Kevin tripped over a cow skull, twisting his knee, leaving himself immobilized. He then proceeding to be crushed by his chance for life. (Anonymous, "Dead
End Dada", Young Adults, New York: Tom Dorerty, 1985)
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