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Submitted to Contest #77
The last class of the summer should've had me leaping for joy. Instead, I was leaping from one patch of snow to another. Since I wasn't an ice queen, I was grumpy personified. My flimsy umbrella was shelter enough to get me home before I froze to death though. There were a couple of class clowns taking selfies and hooting with laughter. But I trudged on, teeth chattering and dreaming of a sunny beach. The red sea was where nothing terrible could ever happen. The azure waters would lift up the worst swimmers and allow beginner divers ...
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