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Submitted to Contest #261
She was a farmer’s daughter who earned her grade eleven diploma in one-room country schoolhouse just up the road from the farm. So, she was not prepared for the call that came that morning.After her husband had left for work at the factory and both her young sons were out the door, the phone rang. It was the school. This could not be good news.“Mrs. M., we’re calling to ask for your help. Our First Grade teacher, Mrs. Lamarche, is sick today and we’d like you to come and watch her class.”Relief gave way to shock. Her boys were not in trouble...
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