Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Flavia lives in New York tenement during Great Depression with Helen and Joe, Fact2: Steve 's been in jail for associating with gangster, Fact3: adults accuse her of stealing it from Blind Mac, Fact4: mother has to tell her truth about fable, Fact5: Helen 's pregnant and faces physical complications
Output (English): Eightyearold Flavia Margaret OBrien lives in a New York tenement during the Great Depression with mother Helen Phyllis Thaxter and father Joe Warner Anderson, whos nearly broke and needs a job. Her aunt Susan Angela Lansbury lives with them, too. Flavias thrilled because Susans sweetheart Steve George Murphy is returning from a oneyear absence. The little girl is unaware that Steves been in jail for associating with a gangster. Flavia sees a mouse and is afraid. Her mother tells Flavia a fable that if you catch a mouse and make a wish, it will turn into money. This leads her to hide a mouse in a cigar box in the alley near the blind newspaper mans stand Mac Rhys Williams. Two neighborhood youths rob Mac and by coincidence hide the money right by the girls box with the mouse. Flavia finds it and is overjoyed until the adults accuse her of stealing it from Blind Mac. Her mother has to tell her the truth about the fable and Flavia realizes that so many stories she has heard are lies. Everybodys desperate for money. Helens pregnant and faces physical complications. Steves unable to get his old job, driving a taxi. The gangster offers him a payday for stealing a truck, but Steves conscience gets the better of him at the last minute. Helen is all right, Joe finds a job and Flavias thrilled because Susans going to marry Steve.