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Submitted to Contest #320
The forest was peaceful today. A light breeze swept across the brazen earth, sending leaves fluttering through the cool air. The songbirds were lightly singing to one another as a singular woodpecker was pecking, and the squirrels were quarreling over acorns, their ferocious squabbles echoing through the trees. As the sun began to sink in the late afternoon sky–basking the tips of the trees in warm golden hues–I heard them. Their giggles reached me from afar. My mood was instantly soured. I reached out to my brethren, stretching my roots, co...
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