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Submitted to Contest #164
It was a still, sultry day. In the little town of _____, a man loafing down the quiet streets surveyed in lazy interest a group of children flocked under a lone cottonwood. They were crowded around a boy in ragged pants and shirt, maybe twelve years old, though no one knew his age for sure. He didn’t know himself, having been an orphan since he was babe of two days. Being a hard worker, he managed to stay out of the orphan houses by supporting himself. He cared little for his physical state, living and striving for only one purpose. &n...
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