What Is The Myth Of Ethiopia

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Myth It was a normal day. Leigh was collecting his pearls into a baggie. Ethiopia was collecting the neighborhoods taxes. Leigh left for the store to buy some groceries. While he was out the clouds started to cover the sky and the wind started whistling.

Leigh was just finishing up at the store, when he heard the tornado sirens. He decided to head over to his friends house. On the way a big gulp of wind picked him up and blew him across the town. "Boom," Leigh flew right on top of Ethiopia.

Leigh stood up and looked to his right. He saw a big funnel cloud coming his was. But before he could tell Ethiopia to watch out, the cloud knocked them over. The twister blew the pearls and coins from there bags up into the sky. Slightly looked

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