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Weekly Contest #361
Every Friday during the summertime, I would sit on the pavement by the ice cream stand in town. My childhood friends would join me, and we would talk until the sun sank over the horizon and our hands were sticky from the forgotten treats. It’s always been our tradition, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. There wasn’t anything to do besides people-watch. Families would walk in and out of stores, chatting endlessly about their upcoming beach parties and wine tastings. Children ran to the ice cream stand, obsessing over the new toy...
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