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J U L I A N N A Sara CardozaGr Stories 04-07

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  • The Shell
  • Nothing Lost or Forgotten
  • The Drawing Desk
  • Our differences
  • The Shell

    There was once a man who stole a shell from the Sea. Enamored by its beauty, he took it from the sand and grasped it in his fingers. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before. Gold wrapped the long spiral and it was flecked with silver. How magnificent this shell was, the man thought.  He ran back to his wife, waiting up on the sandy dunes. “My dear wife,” he said, “Look what I have found!” He displayed the shell, but did not hold it out too far, for fear she would touch it.  “Oh, how breathtaking” she gasped. “Do you think there is more?”  The man’s eyes widened with greed. “Hurry,” he ...cfoone door

    Nothing Lost or Forgotten

    The argument had been caused, by all things, baby clothes and a girl scout uniform circa 1963、 This was during the summer, and Theodora had gone home to help her mother go through some things. Her parents were losing the house — a big, slightly crooked old thing, which sat on a small, little lake in rural Virginia. Her father had made some miscalculations, some “bad investments” and poof. When Theodora had arrived she was surprised to find that her father seemed completely unbothered by this frightening turn of events, especially when he was so close to retirement. Both of them were already ov...cfoone door

    The Drawing Desk

    This was going to be hard. He had dreaded this ever since his mom had died a month ago, but the house was going up for sale and everything had to be cleared out. He faced the storage closet in the basement, juggling the key in his hand. The door seemed www.onedoor.ccto threaten him with its battleship gray paint and its menacing presence. There were deep claw-like scratches for numerous moves, and hinges rusted to a deep brown and it presented an aura of foreboding, something he felt even as an adult. He didn't know why he was afraid, there was nothing in there that should be a surprise to him. He had a ro...cfoone door

    Our differences

    Rebecca's ViewThree years...That's how long me and Tony have been together.That's how long I've been keeping a whole other part of my life from him.I use magicI know, your probably thinking how could she keep that from him, but it was kind of easy, like the time we were outside and we couldn't get the sprinkler working, and it just so happen to start working an hour an a half later, I just told him that it was a miracle. And another time, we were walking up main street, when a lady had bent down and lost control of her cart, and the grocery cart started rolling down the hill into ongoing traff...cfoone door

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