A Day In The Life Of A Gnome

Term Paper Title	A Day In The Life Of A Gnome
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A Day in the Life of a Gnome

     Moses Alba
     Mrs. Foreman      English IV
     Thursday, January 30, 1997

A Day in the Life of a Gnome

Once upon a time there was a gnome named Knob, who lived
the far off land of Gnomania.  Gnomania is a huge underground
lair with only one entrance.  The only entrance to this lair is by
swimming down to the bottom of the ocean floor and knocking on
a large clam. On the other side of this clam is an old grouchy
gnome named Stubby whose only job was to keep the clam clean,
and listen for the knock of incoming visitors.  To assist Stubby in
guarding the clam, he had a pet snark.  A snark is an animal or pet
that can be used as a watchdog.
One day Knob went to visit his grandmother in the land of
Gnollie which is about a guzillion centimeters away from
Gnomania.  On his way to his grandmother�s house he ran across a
garden.  Upon stumbling on the garden, he decided to be
thoughtful and pick some tulips for his grandmother.  Tulips were
her favorite snack.
While approaching his grandmother�s house, he found
something to be very strange.  His grandmother was hovering on an
hummingbird, while picking apples from her tall twenty-foot
appletree.  After contemplating on this strange doing, he decided
not to let it bother him.  After seeing Knob approach her house,
Knob�s grandmother whistled for the hummingbird to bring her
down so she could greet him.  She greeted him with a loud burp
which was a common courtesy among Gnomanians.  After greeting
him she also sprinkled him with some of her fairy dust.  She
handily carried it around in her turban.  She naturally invited him
in for dinner where they ate lots of mosquitoes.  After dinner, they
watched a cheap imitation of television.  They used a big box to
put different animals in and called it the Discovery channel.
By the end of the day Knob was getting a little weary, so he
decided to return home.
When he returned...

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