Stone Soup

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Changing or Breaking the Rules

Changing or breaking the rules

In my town, there seems to be freedom, but if you are like me, you see none. And if you are like me, not all of the rules even seem necessary. If you are like me, often caught breaking the rules, you will get in massive trouble. Everyone else feels safe because the way the laws are said seem beneficial. I don’t believe it though. So today is the day that I break as many rules as I can, even if it gets me hurt, because I want to show everyone what I would do for just a bit of freedom. If you are like me, you would get it. I thought for a bit. I took a deep breath. 3… 2… 1… Go! And surprisingly, at the end, I found out that I was the only one stopping me from being free. I suddenly woke up, and when I asked, it seemed as none of that existed, but the newspaper had posted something about a major rule-breaker…