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Submitted to Contest #303
It all started with that goddamned cat. It had been staring at Caleb Hudson’s window for a week now, and on the 22nd of September, a Monday, it showed up again. Hudson had woken up at the usual time, 5:35 AM, and as usual had got up and had stared at the window. At the age of sixty-one he was retired, and he had all the time he wanted to watch the sunrise. He had so much free time and so little to do, that no matter the time he would go to bed- at 5:35 AM every morning he’d be awake, staring at the ceiling. The doctor said it was a natural ...
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