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Weekly Contest #314
All of his big brothers and sisters whined and cried at the rising heat of summer. They no longer sprinted through the gardens and courtyards, now sitting agitated and uncomfortable in the shade of the alcoves. So uncomfortable were some that they sat in silence fidgeting with well-worn toys, snapping at any daring sibling who dare approach them in this forsaken heat. But not him. He waited, sweating and burning beneath the sun, for his best friend to come back. It was the fourth day he had waited patiently on the steps bordering his father'...
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