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Weekly Contest #363
Everyone thinks I don’t go into the lake because I fear water. In a sense that’s true. I do fear water. In particular, this water: Seneca Lake—the longest and deepest of the Finger Lakes. But not because I’m afraid I’ll drown, I’m actually a very good swimmer. I don’t go into the lake because I know what’s down there and they do not. So here on the south shore, closest to my home, I sit and watch small white waves roll in while other people swim. The clear and deep, chilly blue waters of the ominous lake—dug from glaciers left over from the ...
Weekly Contest #248
Everyone thinks I don’t go into the lake because I fear water. In a sense that’s true, I do fear water. In particular, this water: Seneca Lake — the longest and deepest of the Finger Lakes. But not because I’m afraid I’ll drown, I’m actually a very good swimmer. I don’t go into the lake because I know what’s down there and they do not. So, here, on the south shore of the lake, I sit and watch small white waves roll in while other people swim. The clear and deep, chilly blue waters of the ominous lake are not for me. Nor, I suppose, not for C...
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