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Submitted to Contest #63
“Masi, they are not here,” Rishi said. I looked up and sure enough the trees across the road were glistening green. But the egrets were not there. Every year around the beginning of October, a dozen or more of them would crowd in on the branches of a particular tree. They pecked constantly and though it was not clear, if they were having a go at the flowers or fruits, they all preferred that one tree. I folded the newspaper and finished my tea. The early morning air was getting pleasantly cold. It was still a week or two for winter to s...
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