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Weekly Contest #340
Babylon’s Littlest Lion It was a normal day in Babylon. Hot. Dry. Dusty. The sun had just peeped over the horizon but the palace already felt like an oven. I jumped up on a window ledge and searched for signs of smoke. From here, I could see all of Babylon and the plain that stretched to the far horizon. Babylon! The greatest city in the world. It was the capital of Babylonia and was square, four miles wide by four miles long, and surrounded by tall brick walls. The Euphrates River flowed through it. Every morning, I sat here and waited to...
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