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Submitted to Contest #187
I was coming home for the winter. To my little rural town in Japan. My parents were delighted with the news. And once I arrived, they greeted me at their small little inn and onsen. {Speaking Japanese} “We kept your bedroom just the same!” My mother exclaimed. “Oh you didn’t have to do that, mom. Isn’t it taking up space?” I was very fluent in my English from studying in America. It was a habit now to speak it. “No, no! Never!” My mother’s accent was heavy amongst her words. But her English was getting better. She embraced me, she was ...
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