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Submitted to Contest #57
The dark-haired man sat across the chimney, gazing at the embers in the fireplace. How has time passed so quickly? he wondered. At the ripe age of eighty-two, he had survived the odds of living longer than his parents did. Recently, his only living sister had been urging him to set up a will, something that he absolutely detested. "Now why would I do that? I have nothing to give away and nobody to receive anything." His sister simply shrugged and claimed that it was the traditional thing to do. Even if his sister was somewhat reasonable fo...
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