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Submitted to Contest #38
It was always the same sound we heard the last few weeks. But here, in the countryside, strange noises are nothing unusual. There are a lot of wild animals from the nearby forest, occasionally looking for food at night. It sounded like a scratchy, soft whimper reaching through the walls of our new neighbor’s home. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Nothing ever happened in our neighborhood. It was a quiet town, with good people and families. When our new neighbors from next door moved in, we didn’t greet them immediately. Even though our ...
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