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A SAFE AND QUIET STREET [1135 words] The little girl stood in a ring of moonlight at the entrance to the cul-de-sac. Along the gentle curve of houses, several front yards displayed shambling cardboard skeletons or cackling witches gliding on broomsticks. “Let’s try this street, daddy.” Pale light gleamed over her Hallowe’en costume, sparkled along her tin foil tiara and laid an indigo sheen over the sash of her robe. “There are no monsters here that will hurt us.” Ah, the energy of the young, her father thought. “Okay, princess. But we’ll ...
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