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Algernon's Smartness

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In New York City there once was a man with a very bad issue. He was intellectually stupid. Then he went to a school for adult stupidness and the teacher recommended him to a doctor to get some test done. They did many tests and made him write progress reports. After he did everything the doctor said he became smart. Before he became smart he did test with this mouse, named Algernon. The mouse was smarter than him at first but after the test he beat Algernon everytime.

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