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Weekly Contest #212
Most people try to stay clear of trouble. I am not most people. I should have been. It would have led me down a much easier path, but here we are. Before I get too far ahead of myself, let me set the scene for you. August, hot and blistering, was here and I was in the thick of it. I had just moved to the sprawling three acre plot of what I hoped would one day be a farm, on a day thick with humidity. The heat was bad enough, and humidity was new to me, so when the mail arrived, I did not retrieve it immediately. I could see a vague shape...
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