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Submitted to Contest #80
I see something in the horizon, not sure what it is yet but looks big. Not like a normal boat that we use and far too big to be a shark. It is approaching fast; it is a boat – definitely. But not one of ours, never saw one like this. Maybe it is a boat from the gods, but why would the gods come visit us? Oh, NO! I know exactly why they are here! It is all my fault, they are not here to visit the village, they came to get me and give me my punishment for lying to my mother yesterday about not drinking the cane juice. It was me; I could not re...
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