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Weekly Contest #343
The Green Thumb In the GardenClyde Byrd I was seven in 1954, in Alba, Pa., population 175. My parents, my grandpa, two sisters and two brothers shared an antebellum house in town. I was in second grade in the one room school where the boys liked to tease me but they mostly left me alone. My name is Bess by the way. I spent most of my time at home with my family. I loved my doll, Daniel Boone, who was my one very private secret that I only shared with Cindy, my friend at school. Cindy and I had just tons of secrets, mostly made up stories abo...
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