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Coconut Woman

Samantha lived in a small community with lots of

friendly people who had been great friends with

her parents. These villagers thought that her dad

always sold the best coconuts on the island. They
even made a name for him; they called him the

“Coconut Man.” Samantha’s father had loved to

interact with the villagers, and had made them

happy by doing delightful gestures.

Consequently, Samantha thought that she should
walk in her father's footsteps, and wanted to be a

respectable individual like him.

After completing high school, like her father, she

started to sell coconuts and other coconut
products at the local market where her father had

sold his coconuts many years prior. After a few

months, Samantha decided that, along with her

uncle she would go to the local shops to

purchase some supplies for her new business,
“Samantha's Coconuts.” They purchased a tent

adorned with coconut designs, a boom box to

play the catchy Coconut Woman song, some

straws to drink the delicious coconut water and

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