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Submitted to Contest #324
Goodnight JuliaGrowing up Julia watched cartoons that featured fish walking out of the water on their tail fins. It was 1950 and TV was new. Cartoons were new and she was scared. I am Julia and I refused to go to bed because I was afraid that there were fish under my bed. They walked out of the ocean, out of the TV, up the stairs and into my room. They were waiting for me. Under my bed. My parents would dutifully check and “No Julia, no fish under your bed.” Reluctantly I would climb into bed, careful not to let a hand or foot dangle within ...
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