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Weekly Contest #369
The package appears on a normal Autumn morning. It’s one of those days that starts like any other and holds the expectation that nothing will change. Everything is as it should be. Waiting for the kettle to boil, I stand at the kitchen window watching the rainy morning unfold. Neighbours hurry by with umbrellas and yellow raincoats, sparrows bathe in puddles, and a cat races from the shelter of one tree to the next, trying to stay dry. The whistle of the kettle breaks my focus and brings me back to myself; the familiar routine of making tea ...
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