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Submitted to Contest #169
My old grump of Grandfather lived in the middle of nowhere. It would take us hours to drive up to his house. I hated visiting him, but my father would drag me there anyways. “It’s a nice thing to do!” He would say. I didn’t hate my grandfather, I hated that he made me do all his yard work whenever I was there. I never had time to sit down and chat. My father and grandfather would always talk in a low whisper when I was around, shutting me out and forgetting about me. They once forgot I was outside during the middle of the winter. I nearly fr...
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