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Once upon a time, there was a backpack without straps. It was bought by a
little boy named Johnny. Little Johnny loved the backpack and didn't care
if it didn't have straps. Little Johnny carried the backpack to school every
day and the kids there laughed at him and picked on him. After a while, the
backpack grew tired of this. So one night, the backpack grew straps.
When little Johnny woke up, he was so happy to see his backpack had straps,
that he hugged the backpack. The backpack hugged him back but got his straps
all tangled up behind the boy's back.
The morning went by and little Johnny tugged and pulled but the backpack
wasn't coming off. Little Johnny's mom said that he should go to school like
that. So, reluctantly little Johnny went to school with the backpack tied
around his waist. At first some kids thought it was weird and made fun of
little Johnny, but then they thought it was kinda cool. His friends thought
it was weird but little Johnny just ignored them.
Soon everyone but little Johnny's friends thought this idea was really cool
and started copying him. Little Johnny was praised by the school but his
friends just kept carrying their backpack the "normal" way. Little Johnny
threatened to beat the friends up and never talk to them again if they didn't
follow his style. The friends gave up and started wearing their backpacks
around their waist.
Little Johnny was happier then ever and the backpack was just holding onto
his waist. Little Johnny went to sleep and woke up with the backpack around
his waist. The backpack didn't get much sleep and neither did little Johnny,
because it was very uncomfortable to sleep like that. Months went by and
little Johnny wasn't getting much sleep and his grades were showing it. He
became fixated with being cool and sacrificed his sleeping hours just to
be cool. The backpack was getting mighty tired, too.
One night while the boy was half asleep, the backpack stretched out it's
straps and the straps magically untied themselves. The backpack slowly crept
away from little Johnny and fell sleep under his bed. The next morning, little
Johnny woke up to a shock. Little Johnny searched for his backpack and found
it, sound asleep, under his bed. Little Johnny tried to tie it behind his
back but the backpack was too tired to hold on, so it kept falling off. Little
Johnny grew angry and slid the backpack on his shoulders.
As he walked to school, the backpack didn't have enough strength to hold
the zipper shut and slowly opened up. Little Johnny's book's fell out all
over the ground.
Little Johnny was too concerned at what the kids would say when they would
find out he didn't have the backpack around his waist to listen to the sound
of his books falling. When little Johnny got to school, the kids didn't even
notice. Little Johnny's friends didn't care either. It was like Little Johnny
was invisible. He was relieved but he went to class and found out all his
books were missing! Little Johnny grew so angry that when he went home, he
threw his backpack in the corner to never use it again.
The backpack felt lonely after a couple of nights and magically removed his
straps! The next day little Johnny was so happy and he carried his backpack
to school. Little Johnny's friends started talking to little Johnny again
and little Johnny felt happy.
They removed their straps from around their waist. Little Johnny and his
backpack had there own secret straps attached to each another, it's just
you couldn't see it. They lived happily ever after.
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