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Snowed-in by Choice
Snow danced in the wind outside the frosted windows of her small chalet. This was a cold wind, sharp as a slap and just as shocking against bare skin. It caught the small snowflakes and swirled them into heavy drifts against her chalet’s walls. She watched the snow dance and swirl from snug inside her chalet, tucked close to a crackling fire. This was a real fire, wooden logs piled high on the hearth to keep it fed and roaring. From her spot —a supremely good spot— she had a www.onedoor.ccview out the window, along with the rest of the small room and down the hall.Her chalet was always the first to snowed i...
Dinner For Three
Dinner For ThreeBy JOY DEEP SAHAIt was six o'clock when Breanna heard her mother's phone receive a text message while she was sitting on the kitchen bench."Mom, I bet it's a dad!" Breanna jumped up from the couch, the books spilling in front of her. She had wondered what story her father would read in one of his funny voices when he put her to bed at night. Breanna's mother rubbed her temples and sighed softly. "Honey, would you mind seeing if it's Dad? My head hurts a lot, but I want to cook a delicious meal for us tonight." Sure, mom. Breanna went into the kitchen t...
The Bibliophagist's Magic Shop
Ever since the new Wal-Mart opened by the interstate, there wasn’t much for us to do except throw rocks at the old sock factory. Someone tried to get an Anklebiter football team going, but no adult we knew had the time or inclination to volunteer—since working the night shift at Gas-N-Go takes a toll on a body. “Maybe your stepdad could coach?” I asked Marcus.“Nah. All he does is smoke and fuss at the dogs. Besides, I don’t think he’ll be around much longer.” Marcus had been my best friend since I could remember. He’d had several stepfathers, each one meaner than the last. But the latest versi...
Fox
Perhaps if all life was completely unable to tell a lie, we could learn to live with the truth.Alas, we can all easily mislead others from the truth, therefore leading us to be accustomed to using lies to benefit ourselves, often but not always hurting others on the path. Lies start out simple, and they spiral. If you are not careful, they boomerang back into your face and hurt you. If you are careful, you can end up saving yourself from numerous amounts of troubles. You could lie and say your paw hurts and be excused from hunting. But if your father finds out, you would be doing the sole hunt...