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Submitted to Contest #260
Thomas turns his book over on his knee and puts the spectacles he can no longer read without to one side. He is sitting in his favourite rocking chair in a cosy corner of the lounge surrounded by piles of books and sheets of piano music. The late morning sunshine beams through the open French doors and he can smell the aroma of sweet pink dog roses. His younger brother George is digging over a new flower bed in the garden of the Cheshire home they share. Thomas gently strokes his long white beard, watches George break up the soil ...
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