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Short story writing ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠗⠑⠍⠁⠗⠅⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠁⠉⠉⠥⠗⠁⠉⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀
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⠎⠉⠊⠑⠝⠞⠊⠋⠊⠉⠀⠏⠗⠊⠝⠉⠊⠏⠇⠑⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞
⠀⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠊⠍⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠙⠑⠗⠁⠃⠇⠽
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⠋⠑⠁⠎⠊⠃⠇⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠕⠇⠑⠀⠺⠕⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠊⠎⠀⠺⠓⠽⠀⠍⠑⠝
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⠇⠑⠁⠎⠞⠀⠕⠝⠀⠏⠁⠏⠑⠗⠲⠀⠀⠠⠽⠑⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠎⠏⠊⠞⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀⠉⠥⠗⠊⠕⠥⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠑⠎⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞
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⠝⠕⠗⠀⠊⠝⠧⠑⠝⠞⠀⠁⠀⠝⠑⠺⠀⠎⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠺⠑⠀⠉⠁⠝⠀⠁⠞⠀⠇⠑⠁⠎⠞⠀
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