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The Terrorism of Plants

by Dina fouli Ahmed
(Cairo,nasr city,egypt)

One day, and befoer a long time ,there was a flower called Rose. She was so smart, beutiful, stuggle and affable. Her paretents were died when she was seed, Rose falled on the soil and stareted settling down. Her neighbbers were cheating her all the time because she was little. After many days, She grew up and started tunning in her circumastences and displan any one tried to cheat her

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One day a long time ago, there was a flower called Rose. She was so smart, beautiful and affable. Her parents died when she was a seed. Rose fell on the soil and settled down. Her neighbors were cheating on her all the time because she was little. After a while, she started tuning in on her situation, and displanting anyone who tired to cheat on her.


Notes: cheat in this story is used as a phrasal verb (like "cheat on" which has a sexual meaning); it is unusual but since it is a plant, it I think it is humor intended by the author.

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displanting
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What does the word dis planting mean in the short story.

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