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Submitted to Contest #117
Ding, dong. Ding ding ding, dong. Ding ding ding ding, dong. Tommy huffed to the door. “There’s no reason to ring more than once, mongrels,” he grumbled to himself. He repeated his utterings when he opened the door. Fat fists clutching plastic pumpkins, twin dinosaurs looked up at him expectantly. He plopped an ice cream scoop full of tuna salad in their baskets and slammed the door shut, not waiting to see the rugrats’ shocked expressions. Rubbing his back, Tommy hobbled back to his folding chair that sat in the fo...
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