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Submitted to Contest #205
"You have to." "But I don't want to." The chant starts up again. You're a baby scaredy cat. You're a baby scaredy cat. "I am NOT a baby scaredy cat!" "Are too." "Am not." "Then why won't you do it?" Choruses of yeahs follow like a pack of hyenas. "Because." "Cause what." "Because…” Draw it out long, turn the word into 5 syllables rolling around your tongue. "Because my mom said I had to be home." "Liar, you don't even know what time it is." "Do too. My mom said to be home in 30 minutes." "Liar. Baby scaredy cat." The ...
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