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YEAR XXXX A.D.
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ONE YEAR EARLIER
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"JOHS I HAVE TO DO OTHER THINGS TOO
ITS NOT LIKE I HAVE
ALL DAY FOR YOUR SILLY TRAINING
I AM STUDYIN MATH
FOR SATS
AND ENGLISH GRAMMAR
TOO FOR THE TOEFL TEST
ITS NOT MUCH PRESSURE
BUT I DUNNO"
"WELL ANDY, YOU CAN DO OTHER THINGS TOO
LIKE I DUNNO"
"LIKE WHAT???"
"WHAT ABOUT VIDEOGAMES???
BUY A PLAYSTATION 1
YOU CAN BUY PIRATE GAMES
FOR 2 BUCKS"
"YOU SURE???"
"ILL TELL YOU WHAT
I WAS SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA
ON A PAST LIFE
BUDDHISTS VALUE TOO MUCH
THE FACT OF HAVING FUN...
THAT WILL DO GOOD TO YOU"
"AND FOR TRAINING WHAT I READ???"
"NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING"
"SURE ILL BUY SOME BOOOKS"
"AND THIS TRAINING TO BE HONEST
IS NOT SILLY AT ALL"
"REALLY???"
"THERE WILL BE A WAR ANDY
BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE BEST
POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE
ONLY ON SPEECH
WILL SELL THE IDEA THAT
TO BE GOOD IS THE BEST
DONT MATTER WHAT THEY SAY OR DO
THE ONES INVOLVED IN THIS WAR
FROM THE DARK SIDE
WILL BE
RED CELL
AND
WHITE CELL
BOTH NAZIS
IN THE REAL WORLD"
"IF YOU SAY SO
I WILL TAKE THIS TRAINING MORE SERIOUS
AND ILL BUY THE PLAYSTATION,
BUT MY TV DOES NOT HAVE THE AV CABLE CONNECTION
AND..."
"IN ONE MORE WEEK THAT WILL BE SOLVED"
"SURE"
"NOW BACK AT TRAIINING"
"TO BEGIN WITH YOUR ENEMIES
WILL BEGIN SUCKING ENERGY"
"SURE JOSH"
"FIGHT ME NOW"
"NOW I GET WHYYYYY...
YOU SAID NO ONE ELSE
COULD KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS TRAINING
JOSH..."
"MY AT FIELD UP
I HIT YOU"
"HIT HARDER ANDY!!!"
"YOUR ANCLES...
HEY YOU ARE TOO TALL!!!
HOW ILL BEAT YOU"
"JUST KEEP TRYING"
"HERE, HERE AND...
HERE!!!!"
"OK ANDY WE ALREADY TRAINED
FOR 3 HOURS...
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE NOW"
"SURE JOSH..."
ONE WEEK LATER
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"HI GRANNY MARY"
"HI ANDY"
"YOU DONT SEEM STRESSED
FROM STUDYING
AND WHO KNOWS
WHAT ELSE YOU DO
WITH YOUR TIME"
"BUT???"
"THERES SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES
TELL ME..."
"I BOUGHT A PLAYSTATION GRANNY
BUUUUUT...
MY TV DOES NOT HAVE AV CONNECTION
I CANNOT PLAY IT
AND BUYING AN ACCESSORY
TO PLAY IT
IS JUST TOO EXPENSIVE
I DUNNO IF I HAVE TO SELL CUPCAKES
OR SOMETHING"
"CMON.... ILL BUY A TV
FOR ME...
YOU CAN HAVE
MY TRINITRON TV
IT HAS AV CONNECTION"
"WHERE DO U WANNA GO???"
"LETS GO TO THE MALL
I HAVE RIPLEY CREDIT CARD"
SO BOTH TWO WENT TO THE MALL
AT DOWNTOWN
AND ONCE THERE THEY HAD YOGEN FRUZ
"LETS GO TO RIPLEY STORE ANDY"
"YES GRANNY"
"YOU KNOW WHAT YOULL STUDY???"
"AFTER BULLYING
AND FAILING
AT DESIGN
I WANT ART OR SOMETHING
WITH MATH"
"YOU ALWAYS WERE AN ARTIST
YOU SHOULD STUDY ART"
"ARTISTS ARE TOO IMPORTANT
PLUS ITS WHAT YOU ALWAYS
WANTED TO STUDY"
"WELL EVERYBODY HAD BAD SCORES
AT DESIGN"
"ART IS DIFFERENT
JUST GIVE IT A TRY"
"I WANT THIS TV"
"LOOKS GOOD BUT ITS NOT A FLATRON"
"ILL BUY IT"
"SURE GRANNY"
"YOU LOOK BETTER THAN A YEAR AGO ANDY
YOUVE GROWN UP
YOU LOOK MORE MATURE
AND BALANCED
THERES A STRANGE SENSE OF HARMONY
IN YOUR EYES
IN YOU"
"YOU CAN HAVE MY TRINITRON NOW"
"THANKS GRANDMA"
"AND REMEMBER
YOU ARE GOOD AT EVERYTHING
I DUNNO WHAT ABOUT
YOUR DESIGN TEACHERS
BUT THEY CREATED IN THE STUDENTS
THE IDEA THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS FAIL
AT EVERYTHING
BUT NOW YOUR SELFESTEEM
LOOKS HEALED
STUDY ART
AND YOU WILL SUCCEED
YOU HAVE MY BLESSING
WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER SOON"
"THANKS A LOT GRANNY
IS IT MY IDEA???
YOU LOOK A BIT DOWN"
"MY BROTHERS ARE ALL SICK"
"BUT NOT YOU"
"SURE"
"WHATEVER IT IS
I HAVE THE FEELING
THAT YOU WILL BE LIKE SUPER HAPPY
THE NEXT YEAR
I HAVE THAT FEELING"
"THANKS ANDY
GOOD BYE
AND SEE YOU SOON"
WHEN ANDY WAS BACK AT HOME
HE CONNECTED THE PLAYSTATION
TO THE TV AND
CHOSE AN RPG GAME TO PLAY
THE GAME HAD A LOT OF FANTASY AND MAGIC
ANDY FELT LIKE HE WAS INSIDE THE GAME
CHRONO CROSS WAS SO MUCH FUN
AND ANDY PLAYED IT ANY TIME HE WAS FREE
HE TOOK THE GAME
AS THERAPY
AFTER HAVING TO FIGHT ADAM
WHAREVER IT WAS
THE GAME PUT ANDY
INTO ANOTHER REALITY
ANOTHER WORLD
WITH FANTASY AND MAGIC
A SURREAL WORLD
WHERE REALITY WAS MIXED WITH DREAMS
AND HE LEARNED TO USE MAGIC
FOLLOWING THE TRAINING WITH JOSH
AND WHAT HE LEARNED
FROM
"REAL MAGIC"
THE BOOK BY WAYNE W. DYER
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ONE YEAR LATER
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