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Look, people, I__ announcing a new rule. It__ going to seem harsh. But it__ necessary.__he word __arsh_ got almost everyone__ attention.__e can__ have people sitting around all day playing Wii and watching DVDs. We need people to start working in the fields. So, here__ the thing: everyone age seven or older has to put in three days per week picking fruit or veggies. Then Albert__ going to work with the whole question of freezing stuff that can be frozen, or otherwise preserving stuff.__here was dead silence. And blank stares.__hat I__ saying is, tomorrow we__l have two school buses ready to go. They hold about fifty kids each and we need to have them mostly full because we__e going to pick some melons and it__ a lot of work.__ore blank stares.__kay, let me make this simple: get your brothers and sisters and friends and anyone over age seven and be in the square tomorrow morning at eight o__lock.___ut how about_?___ust be there,_ Sam said with less firmness than he__ intended. His frustration was draining away now, replaced by weariness and depression.__ust be there,_ someone mimicked in a singsong voice.Sam closed his eyes, and for a moment he almost seemed to be asleep. Then he opened them again and managed a bleak smile. __lease. Be there,_ he said quietly.He walked down the three steps and out of the church, knowing in his heart that few would answer his call.
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Look, people, I__ announcing a new rule. It__ going to seem harsh. But it__ necessary.__he word __arsh_ got almost everyone__ attention.__e can__ have people sitting around all day playing Wii and watching DVDs. We need people to start working in the fields. So, here__ the thing: everyone age seven or older has to put in three days per week picking fruit or veggies. Then Albert__ going to work with the whole question of freezing stuff that can be frozen, or otherwise preserving stuff.__here was dead silence. And blank stares.__hat I__ saying is, tomorrow we__l have two school buses ready to go. They hold about fifty kids each and we need to have them mostly full because we__e going to pick some melons and it__ a lot of work.__ore blank stares.__kay, let me make this simple: get your brothers and sisters and friends and anyone over age seven and be in the square tomorrow morning at eight o__lock.___ut how about_?___ust be there,_ Sam said with less firmness than he__ intended. His frustration was draining away now, replaced by weariness and depression.__ust be there,_ someone mimicked in a singsong voice.Sam closed his eyes, and for a moment he almost seemed to be asleep. Then he opened them again and managed a bleak smile. __lease. Be there,_ he said quietly.He walked down the three steps and out of the church, knowing in his heart that few would answer his call.

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