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Submitted to Contest #337
Today is Melissa’s last day with her son. For tomorrow, he will not wake up. She knows the way this goes like the back of her hand by now. She’ll tuck him into bed. Make sure he’s as snug as a bug in a rug.They’ll talk about how excited he is to go to the zoo next week. He’ll tell her about all the animals he can’t wait to see. He’ll make a list of all the animals they have to see and in what order. Though she knows they’ll never follow it. He’ll get too excited and run to the first animal he sees and any schedule they had will go out the wi...
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