the fourth quote;
"Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator." - Lemony Snicket
"Would you like to see a card trick?"
"Pardon?"
"A card trick, would you like to see one?"
"Are you talking to me?"
"Well, yes. You are the only other person in this elevator with me, aren't you?"
"I'm sorry, but I haven't got time for a card trick. I'm afraid I'm running a bit late for my meeting."
"Bother. Shame it'd be to have this elevator get stuck right now, wouldn't it?"
"Don't say that."
"Why not?"
"Makes me anxious."
"Ah, nothing a card trick won't fix. Whaddya' say?"
"No."
"How 'bout a joke?"
"You're quite stubborn."
"What did the bread say to the other bread when inside a heated oven?"
"Please, no. My seven year old brother can tell a better joke than that one."
"How about a poem? Poems are nice, Shakespeare was an absolute -"
"I hate Shakespeare."
"Well,"
"This is my floor, goodbye."
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this is short and abrupt and was possibly one of the hardest thing i've ever had to write, and i'm so dissatisfied with this, help
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