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Mid Shift

"Jenny!" Leo ripped the heavy, metal door back. My spine stiffened like the hair
on a cornered dog. I wondered what it would be this time. Coolers need stocking,
Jenny. Jenny, we're almost completely out of forks. Another Code Brown all over
the ladies' room. Where's Jenny? Sometimes I hated this tourist trap so much. I
longed for September. For crisp afternoons, walking with Paul, turning the day's
complaints into jokes and talking about Our Big Plans. But high school was over
now. So were me and Paul. Leo's gaze met mine through the frosty air, and I
hoped the hopelessness wasn't showing on my face. Restaurants were like the
jungle: no place for the weak. For once, Leo's eyes weren't critical, though.
Instead something wild shone in their depths. "You better come see this." The
Front of House was empty. Leo flung the wooden door open and stepped into a hazy
fuchsia glow. I scanned the old-fashioned ships, the wind-battered sea. "Look
up." I did. Two, four, five man'o'wars floating in the air with the seagulls.
What could… "Nobody knows," Leo said, almost gently. "But it's happening other
places, too. Other animals. All coming down from the sky."

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by Joanna Cregan

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole,
filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole
with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole, and that
means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green,
with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a
tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with
panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs,
and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors.
The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of
the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it ­ and many
little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another. No
going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of
these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens,
dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The
best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for these were the only
ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows
beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and
his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill
for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only
because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures
or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any
question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had
an adventure, found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He
may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether
he gained anything in the end.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not
a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor
yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was
a hobbit­hole, and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a
porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The
door opened on to a tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel
without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with
polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was
fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite
straight into the side of the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles
round called it ­ and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one
side and then on another. No going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms,
cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to
clothes), kitchens, dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the
same passage. The best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for
these were the only ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over
his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very
well­to­do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the
neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very
respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they
never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a
Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is a
story of how a Baggins had an adventure, found himself doing and saying things
altogether unexpected. He may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he
gained­well, you will see whether he gained anything in the end.In a hole in the
ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends
of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it
to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole, and that means comfort. It had a
perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass
knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube­shaped hall like a
tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors
tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for
hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on,
going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill ­ The Hill, as all
the people for many miles round called it ­ and many little round doors opened
out of it, first on one side and then on another. No going upstairs for the
hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he
had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens, dining­rooms, all were on the
same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The best rooms were all on the
left­hand side (going in), for these were the only ones to have windows,
deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down
to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and his name was
Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out
of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of
them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything
unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the
bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, found
himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He may have lost the
neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether he gained anything
in the end.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet
hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare,
sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole,
and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted
green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to
a tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with
panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs,
and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors.
The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of
the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it ­ and many
little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another. No
going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of
these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens,
dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The
best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for these were the only
ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows
beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and
his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill
for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only
because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures
or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any
question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had
an adventure, found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He
may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether
he gained anything in the end.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not
a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor
yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was
a hobbit­hole, and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a
porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The
door opened on to a tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel
without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with
polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was
fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite
straight into the side of the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles
round called it ­ and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one
side and then on another. No going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms,
cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to
clothes), kitchens, dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the
same passage. The best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for
these were the only ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over
his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very
well­to­do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the
neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very
respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they
never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a
Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is a
story of how a Baggins had an adventure, found himself doing and saying things
altogether unexpected. He may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he
gained­well, you will see whether he gained anything in the end.In a hole in the
ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends
of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it
to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole, and that means comfort. It had a
perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass
knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube­shaped hall like a
tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors
tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for
hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on,
going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill ­ The Hill, as all
the people for many miles round called it ­ and many little round doors opened
out of it, first on one side and then on another. No going upstairs for the
hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he
had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens, dining­rooms, all were on the
same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The best rooms were all on the
left­hand side (going in), for these were the only ones to have windows,
deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down
to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and his name was
Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out
of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of
them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything
unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the
bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, found
himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He may have lost the
neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether he gained anything
in the end.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet
hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare,
sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole,
and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted
green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to
a tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with
panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs,
and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors.
The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of
the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it ­ and many
little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another. No
going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of
these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens,
dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The
best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for these were the only
ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows
beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and
his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill
for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only
because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures
or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any
question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had
an adventure, found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He
may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether
he gained anything in the end.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not
a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor
yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was
a hobbit­hole, and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a
porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The
door opened on to a tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel
without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with
polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was
fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite
straight into the side of the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles
round called it ­ and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one
side and then on another. No going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms,
cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to
clothes), kitchens, dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the
same passage. The best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for
these were the only ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over
his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very
well­to­do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the
neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very
respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they
never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a
Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is a
story of how a Baggins had an adventure, found himself doing and saying things
altogether unexpected. He may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he
gained­well, you will see whether he gained anything in the end.In a hole in the
ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends
of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it
to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole, and that means comfort. It had a
perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass
knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube­shaped hall like a
tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors
tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for
hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on,
going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill ­ The Hill, as all
the people for many miles round called it ­ and many little round doors opened
out of it, first on one side and then on another. No going upstairs for the
hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he
had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens, dining­rooms, all were on the
same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The best rooms were all on the
left­hand side (going in), for these were the only ones to have windows,
deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down
to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and his name was
Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out
of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of
them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything
unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the
bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, found
himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He may have lost the
neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether he gained anything
in the end.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet
hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare,
sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit­hole,
and that means comfort. It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted
green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to
a tube­shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with
panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs,
and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats ­ the hobbit was fond of visitors.
The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of
the hill ­ The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it ­ and many
little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another. No
going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of
these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens,
dining­rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage. The
best rooms were all on the left­hand side (going in), for these were the only
ones to have windows, deep­set round windows looking over his garden and meadows
beyond, sloping down to the river. This hobbit was a very well­to­do hobbit, and
his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill
for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only
because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures
or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any
question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had
an adventure, found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He
may have lost the neighbours' respect, but he gained­well, you will see whether
he gained anything in the end.

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