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Weekly Contest #77
It was August. The afternoon sun beat down like a hammer upon the earth, and the apartment buildings seemed to sweat through glass pores. Children ran through the streets for brief periods before being recalled by their parents to refresh their sunscreen, while the adults huddled inside by the air conditioners. A thin white line appeared in the sky, near the horizon. Most paid it no mind. Within a minute, a low roaring sound could be heard over the children in the street. People began to look, brows furrowed, in the direction of the sound -...
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