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Weekly Contest #95
“So, what do you want to be when you grow up? The hairdresser had asked several questions, and tired of getting various grunts as all answer, had decided to switch to another topic.The boy moved nervously in the chair and eyed wearily at his mother. Sitting in a nearby chair, she was the perfect picture of indifference, not even glancing in his direction. But he knew better than to be fooled by appearances. She was listening.Luckily, the boy knew the answer to this one: “I’m gonna be a lawyer.” He felt proud, normally, he stumbled on his ton...
Weekly Contest #93
The Carnival comes once a year.It’s a mystery, she thinks, how the artists manage to set their tents so quickly without anyone noticing, but when the fated day comes, they are already set, lights hanging and flags waving.Parents all over town look weary of the Carnival; strangers are not to be trusted, after all. Strangers will doom us all, say the Elders. Her parents think so too. But she does not care.After all, she loves the Carnival.This year, she is finally old enough to go on her own to the Carnival, as anyone under the age of sixteen ...
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