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Submitted to Contest #332
TWs: Missing children, suspected child death The itching came first. The skin behind her ear was tight and hot from the constant scratching which continued at the breakfast table.“It’s because you’re not wearing your hat,” her mother said. “Your poor ears are getting chapped.”The girl frowned. She hated hats, especially the itchy one her mother insisted on. Her aunt had knitted it and even though she had learned to appreciate the star pattern, she pulled it off her head the moment she was out of her mother’s sight on her daily walk to school...
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