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Submitted to Contest #229
Anna “Why me?” I groan. I’m heading home for the holidays, and of course, a deer runs out in front of me, and I swerve right into a deep snow bank. This is my first Christmas home since I moved to San Diego three years ago. Even though I grew up driving the snowy roads of Colorado Springs, I forgot how bad they can be. “Now what am I supposed to do?” I say to no one. I check my cell phone and see I have no service. Of course, it’s freezing out, I can’t get my car unstuck, and I’m on the smallest highway known to man. I suppose I will just ha...
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