The Long Trip_Love on the Rails_The Boom-Boom-Caw_Adventurous Alice
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The Long Trip
The Long TripHe said there was no training necessary, and, that most of those who wanted to go were older, and not necessarily in good physical condition. I must tell you; I couldn't believe what I was hearing, and I could see I really needed to give this a lot more thought, so I thanked him and hung up.Oh, as one will often do, I forgot about it for a few weeks, then I ran into my friend, Dan and it suddenly hit me. It was likely because I had thought of him when the guy told me no training was necessary. I mean, old Dan seemed too always be up for something like this. He would do most anythi...
Love on the Rails
Cairn tied his cart to the flatbed train car. Melanie tied hers alongside it. Her horse, Samwise, was enjoying a rest in the stable car, towards the front of the train.“It’s an odd pilgrimage to make,” she said. Her bronze-coloured hand reached out for his.Cairn, still unsure of their limits as a new couple, placed his pale hand in hers. “I suppose it’s important to remember why the world is the way it is. Why humanity had to change.”They walked between the many carts of their tribe, heading for the front of the train. Other tribes had their own carts loaded up as they weaved between the dyed ...
The Boom-Boom-Caw
“Fred!” Bangwww.onedoor.cc, bang, bang. “Fred, you home?!” The startling noise of a ten-year-old's balled up fists beating down a friend's front door is a very impressive display. When he adds his young, impatient voice into the commotion, it would be a wonder if someone didn’t hear him. “Golly, Sam. Quiet down!” Fred hollers down from the second-floor window. “I’m coming, geesh!” He loudly shuts the window and Sam, upon hearing his friend's response, begins pacing on the porch as if he’d waited a lifetime. When Fred finally opens the front door, he is decorated with a backpack too big for his small shoul...
Adventurous Alice
ADVENTUROUS ALICEAlice heard them talking about her—Aunt Bonnie, Cousin Lorna, and her sister Meg. How she’d lived, practically her entire 49 years, afraid of one thing or another. Spiders. Heights. Deep water. Basements. Exotic food. Germs. You name it, she’d find some reason to not join in on an activity or make new friends, they stated. “I’ve always wondered,” Aunt Bonnie said to Meg, “what caused Alice to be so scared of everything? Did something traumatic happen to her in childhood that I was unaware of?”“Not that I know of,” Meg answered. “She’s been to every doctor under the sun and non...