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The prompt asks the writer to create a 3 sentence story plan about a child whose mother buys them an incredibly ugly pair of yellow shoes at a garage sale that have the power to make the child run as fast as a cheetah but cannot be removed from the child's feet. The writer is to plan out how the child's day might unfold with the magical yet permanent shoes affixed to their feet.
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