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Those introductions
are hard to write.

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And I don't even know
her, wasn't that great?

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So I'm going to
read five stories.

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This has 39 stories
in it, this book--

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Monsters.

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So some of the stories are
very short, just one paragraph.

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Some are even a couple
of sentences long,

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and some are sort of
medium, other lengths.

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So I'm going to read five.

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And I tell you this because
if you're like me, you count.

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And then you go over,
and you go, "What?

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She said five.

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Or is it six now?"

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Anyway, but I'm
going to read five.

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And stop me if I go beyond that.

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And I'm just going to sort
of read straight through,

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so I can stay within
a timely reading.

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The Couple.

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"At first, Martin was with
Erin, then he was with Carol.

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But before that, he
was with Melanie.

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After he left Carol,
he went back to Erin,

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but then he met Joan and decided
to be with her instead of Erin.

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Only, he didn't tell Erin,
and when she found out,

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she blamed Joan.

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At the time, Melanie was with
Gaylord, but then Gaylord died.

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So she began to be with
Martin, since Joan was away

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most of the time, though she
and Martin both denied they

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were with each other to Joan.

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Dana wasn't with anyone,
but Martin secretly

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longed to be with Dana, but he
wouldn't admit this to Joan.

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Melanie, meanwhile,
met Luke and told

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Joan she would be with
him for a long, long time.

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And finally, Dana met someone
who kept changing his name,

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but she seemed happy with him
for at least a week and a half.

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Martin recommitted to Joan
since the others were taken,

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but Joan wasn't sure she
wanted to be with anyone.

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Erin really wanted to be
with Martin and hated Joan,

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and Joan was tired
of all the drama.

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She told Martin he
should be with Erin

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and that she, Joan,
would be with no one,

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since being with no one
is what she most desired,

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since it entailed no drama.

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The older she got, the less
tolerant she was of drama,

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said Joan.

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But Martin enjoyed the drama
and refused to give her up."

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