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Submitted to Contest #53
One midsummer afternoon, the sun is at its peak looking down from the sky. It seemed to be mocking all living things as it brought down its wrath. The greasy pedestrians are scurrying off to their jobs. The asphalt road is blazing from the exhaust of the usual busy traffic. A humble home with a wide garden stood beside this road catastrophe. The garden is laden with carpets of green grass. In the middle of the garden is a small, yellow inflatable pool with a cartoon character pattern. Loony was closing his eyes as he listened to the spl...
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