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    ShoaKi Girl 20: Meili Arrives In The United States.

    Meili crossed the border by walking down a little-used farm-road leading from Canada to the US. It was one of many lanes farmers used to connect their land, some owning property on both sides of the unguarded border.  Most of those dirt roads were privately...

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    ShoaKi Girl 13: Ted Majostic

    Ted Majostic was already a rich man. Even as a youngster, he’d been perceived by his parents as being different from the other kids in his family. “Teddy, honey, you should be outside playing with the other children. All you do is sit in front...

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    ShoaKi Girl 12: The US Government Calls on Lois

    Sammy had been gone only a few minutes before a man waiting in the stairwell for him to leave knocked on the door.  Lois was still clearing the table of teacups and cookie crumbs when she heard the knock. It was a strange-looking man. He...

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    ShoaKi Girl 11: Lois Finds Works

    That afternoon Lois dressed, went downstairs, and bought a newspaper.  She looked for want ads on bounty hunting. Not finding any, she mentally slapped herself and looked in a telephone book in the lobby. Her telephone hadn’t been installed yet. There were only four bail...

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    ShoaKi Girl 10: The “Devil Dweebs”

    Out late sightseeing at a museum, it was long after dark before Lois returned to her apartment building. The street seemed changed, different, that night. Where it had been almost empty before, creepy and silent, there were currently shiny cars parked along both sides of...

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    ShoaKi Girl 9: Citizenship and Meili’s First Assignment

    Citizenship Finally, it was time for Lois to try to prove her citizenship. Not having any idea on how to go about it, she went to the Dallas Municipal Building first and, like in Mexico, was promptly arrested for being an illegal alien. She learned...

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    ShoaKi Girl 6: The Long Auto Trip to the Border

    The miles went by slowly as they sped north on a one-lane dirt road. Jose’s car burped and coughed its resistance, with Lois holding on tightly to the dashboard to keep from slamming her head on the roof at every pothole. There appeared to be...

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    ShoaKi Girl 5: She Tries Again

    The girl found herself in the dark, a pale sliver of moon showing a barren landscape. She sat on a warm leather seat in the cab of the monster machine. Except for a small shed, she saw nothing except a bare stone surface extending out...

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    ShoaKi Girl 4: Lois Begins her Long Trip to the US

    A moment after beginning her journey, Lois looked out the door of the outdoor privy in Lanzhou.  Seeing she was alone, the girl went around to the front of the grocery store. Nobody had noticed her arrival. A city bus took her to a local...

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