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Submitted to Contest #39
The great thaw began and all of the village emerged from their thatched homes. Dwellings worse for wear after the long, slow darkening. The wintertide lasted much longer than before, and the town folk were eager to meet the new babes, now almost two years old; and also to find out who among them had passed. Some of the younger men were picking up brush and debris and assessing what repairs needed to be made. Meager sunlight struggled through low-slung clouds, but to the gathering clan it meant all things—to come together as ...
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