Creative Writing: Stanley's Violation Of The Texas Penal Code

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Stanley was hot and tired from a long nine hour bus ride. He was headed for the juvenile delinquent camp, Camp Green Lake. His wrist was hot and sweaty from the handcuff that chained him to the seat. Finally after nine hours they arrived. The bus driver waited in the bus while the bus guard took Stanley inside. It was a small building with a sign in front that read ‘You are entering Camp Green Lake juvenile correctional facility.’ He saw desert anywhere he looked. There were holes everywhere he looked. They were so even that he knew they had to be dug on purpose. He saw another sign that said ‘It is a violation of the Texas Penal Code to bring guns, explosives, weapons, drugs, or alcohol onto the premises.’ He thought that was pretty obvious.

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