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Submitted to Contest #74
“Hurry, Hurry!” I heard someone cry out as the crowd that was my family scrambled to get everything ready. The longest minute of the entire year was upon us, also the last minute of the year. 11:59:47 “Ana! Aqui! Here!” My mother grabbed my attention to shove a cup of grapes into my hand. I watched as she quickly started passing out 12 slices of grapes to the younger kids. I remembered when I was small enough to need to have my grapes sliced up. It wasn’t a pleasant time in my life. My fingers would be sliced as well. It was tradit...
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