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Submitted to Contest #217
You are six when it whispers the first time. “I see you. I see you reading alone. Would you like me to sit with you?” It asks. “What is your name, are you my friend?” You say. “I am it. Don’t you know me?” “No?” “Your mother knew me? Your father too?” “They never told me about you?” “That’s good,” it says. “I will be your friend… forever.” It stayed with you that night, but the next day it had left. It didn’t come back that afternoon, It didn’t come back that week. The next time you felt alone, it came as though to a sire...
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