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Marie Moutters: A Short Story
Summers’ not over till the sun goes down. Trapped in waves that have tormented the minds of younger weary travelers’ since the begging of time, they sat pleasurably on the back of a shriveling tree. Click, click. Tap. Pause….. “Now that can’t be right.” Shifting through pages upon pages made fox-copper locks fall to Marie’s flushed complexion. She ran her fingers through her hair and she stared quite blankly into the pages in front of her, making her scrunched face again. She’s back at it with her clicking and her tapping. Market piggy is running all the way to the market. Another click, another pause, another wave. Even the little guy who usually stays put home is going to the market now. “Well maybe….’” Marie mutters to herself, nibbling
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