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The Bubble Master

Roger

The crowd watched in awe as Roger blew another bubble. A large bubble about the size of a beachball floated above the stage. The crowd began to cheer. Not because of the size of the bubble but because of what would happen next. 

Roger reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a piece of film from an old camera. He placed it into his mouth and leaned into the bubble, very carefully placing his lips on it. 

The crowd, quieting down, watched as Roger slowly began to blow smoke into the bubble. Where he got the smoke, no one knew. When the bubble was full of smoke, Roger smiled to himself and leaned away. 

The bubble burst, and an explosion of clapping came from the audience. For in the bubbles place was a smoky image of a cat, with three spots around its left ear. The crowd began to cheer even louder when they realized the image was moving to show the cat eating what looked like a can of tuna. 

Roger bowed as the crowd began shouting "Encore! Encore! Encore!" He held up his hand as a means to silence them. The crowd began to quiet as Roger blew another large bubble. 

"Do a human please!" Someone shouted as Roger reached into his pocket once more. He paused, considering the request. Smiling he reached deeper into his pocket and pulled out another piece of film. Placing it into his mouth he once more repeated his process. 

When the bubble burst again, the crowd watched as a smoky construction man repeated hit his hammer against a nail. The details of the man were incredible. If one were to look hard enough they could see the veins on his neck, the dirt on his shoes, it was almost like a picture, but made out of smoke. 

Roger once more bowed as the smoke began to dissipate. Done with his act, Roger walked off the stage, leaving behind the bewildered crowd. 

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Stacy Luna drove her squad car slowly down Recondin Street, carefully observing, looking for any signs of trouble. She watched as twelve year old Jason opened a few cans of tuna, placing them on the ground as cats scurried towards it. 

Jason loved cats, and everyday after school would feed the stray cats that lived near Recondin street. He would have taken them all home of he could but his mom was terrified of cats and refused to let him have any. 

Stopping her car next to him, Stacy opened her window. "Hi Jason, how are you?" She said with a smile. 

"I'm alright." Jason replied as he looked up with a small smile. 

"What's wrong?" She asked. 

Jason sighed. "I haven't seen Ruben here for the past few days. I think he's in trouble." Jason said sadly. Ruben was by far Jason's favorite stray. 

"Ruben is fine." Stacy said with a smile. "The strays live close to the park, so a lovely family must have picked him up to adopt. He is probably filling up on tuna right now." 

Jason returned a sad smile, knowing deep down that Ruben was not okay, and he would probably never see him again. 

Satisfied with her pep talk, Stacy waved goodbye to Jason and drove off towards the station. 

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