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the new kid is a ninja let's get into it this is the story of Ann Sherman a girl

who was known for doing well known for doing nothing at all really.

I don't know if it was laziness or lack of interest, but Anne did not like doing stuff.

And because she did not like doing stuff, stuff didn't get done.

Stuff never got finished because stuff never got started. Anne probably could have been president of the International Non-Doers Club.

But of course, that would require her to do something which she certainly did not want to do.

One day while Anne was in school, doing nothing, other than being just there,

her principal interrupted the class to welcome and introduce a new student.

The principal put this new student on the spot by asking her to introduce herself.

Uh, stammered a now very nervous looking kid.

My name's Vena.

Uh, we just moved here. I like turtles. Oh, and I'm also a ninja. That's all.

This garnered some weird looks from the class who seemed disappointed that the kid was clearly a big old liar.

They nonchalantly returned to their work as though nothing had happened.

Well, everyone except Anne.

And not just because she didn't have any work to do,

some kind of spark had been lit inside of Anne,

and she invited the new girl to come sit beside her.

This actually got a bigger reaction from the class than the introduction of the new kid.

Did Anne just call the new kid over and therefore do something for once

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