Panic

When something not just happens but mishappens it is good to be elsewhere.

1.

He had a career but wanted to teach so he studied and got ready.  He was dyslexic.  In the 
classroom he panicked, fearing his students would read better than he.  He lost sleep and 
his fear taunted him one day in the car.  He attacked his wife who was driving.  He beat 
her then dragged her from the car and was going to drown her when he felt the mishap 
and stopped.  She was terribly hurt and has lost bladder control.  He's in jail, charged with 
attempted murder.

2.

She was 17,  smart and pretty.  Her family never vacationed too far from home.  She told 
her mom she was going to stay at a friend's house then went to see her boyfriend. They 
stayed out all night and fell asleep in her car.  When they awoke they panicked.  He drove 
and she fell back asleep, in the back seat.  He dozed off and they hit a tree, three trees, 
four.  She flew out the rear window and through the air with her legs open.  Her parents 
have found a surgeon who specializes in gender transformation to reconstruct her spoiled love.



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