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Submitted to Contest #9
“Okay now what?” Laura asks her big sister Jenny. She has a lightning bug pinched between her fingers. She giggles, and her nose does that weird thing where it gets all wrinkly in the middle. It is a hot and humid July night in Virginia. Jenny and Laura have been living with their mom and grandmother for a few months now. Jenny likes her grandmother’s house and everything, but she prefers their old house. That one had two stories and a fireplace where they would hang their stockings for Santa. She also had her own...
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