THE newspaper

They give out free newspapers at the train station and around it. They do it in the mornings and during lunch hour as well.

The guys who give them out are usually aunties or uncles who will just pass it to you if you walk near them.

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Paperuncle busies himself, refilling the short stack of newspapers with another fresh stack, about 40cm worth of papers.

Just-finished-lunch-auntie decided to help herself with a copy. Nothing wrong with that.
Except that she was tugging the one copy which was misaligned and sticking out.
The one copy which was in the middle of that big pile.

Tugs. Tugs. Keeps tugging.
Thinks to herself why the paper just couldn't be tugged out.

Paperuncle gave her a dirty look and handed her the top copy.

She was a happy woman.

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