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Submitted to Contest #130
Whatever you do, do not open the Locked Door. That was the last thing Mother had said to him. That and he was a Good Boy. Good boys don’t break the rules, do they? And he was a Good Boy. He would be a Good Boy. He made breakfast and cleaned up yesterday’s dishes. Upstairs, he did his homework. He hadn’t gone to school and no one told him to since Mother had left, so it must be Saturday. He wondered if he had missed the bus. But he had been awake when it was supposed to come, and it never did. So maybe Saturday was really long. Sil...
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