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Weekly Contest #196
The sun was already shining when Memphis woke up, and his Mom was sitting on the end of the bed. She was smiling, though her eyes were wet and red. Memphis glanced at the clock on his bedroom wall. He hesitated for a moment, trying to remember which hand was the hour and which was the minutes, and jolted when he realized it was almost nine. "Mom, it's…" he started, but she shushed him with a finger. "Don't worry, honey," she said. "Don't worry." "But how am I gonna' get to…" "No school today," she interrupted, a grin spreading across he...
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