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Weekly Contest #331
The story I am about to tell you happened to me when I was about twelve – that awkward age between childhood and adolescence. It was a time before mobile phones or the internet, a simpler time, perhaps.For many years my family had the tradition of driving to Scotland to see in the New Year, a journey that often took many hours. We would stay at my godfathers imposing Victorian house, that overlooked the salmon filled river Annan. However, this year he called to tell us that they had instead changed their plans and would be celebrating at a f...
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