Story by Mariah Marsden and Brandi Handley with contribution from Josh Elder
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The three boys stared blankly at The three boys stared blankly at the blank wall and the blank wall the blank wall and the blank wall stared blankly back at them Are you three just going to stare at that wall all day or are you actually at that wall all day or are you actually going to paint asked Phlox Prairie going to paint asked Phlox Prairie The reporter-in-training was writing a story on the mural project for the school newspaper mural project for the school newspaper How am I supposed to convey the How am I supposed to convey the excitement of watching paint dry if excitement of watching paint dry if no paint is ever painted no paint is ever painted First we have to decide what to paint said Rumpus what to paint said Rumpus It has to be something unique It has to be something unique Something no one has ever seen before Rumpus Horn was as hardheaded as he was was as hardheaded as he was 3
