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Submitted to Contest #45
This is normal. It’s all normal. I’m normal. Who isn’t normal?I head downstairs not noticing that my mother was calling me for a while now. I run past the bathroom and my parent’s room. It’s a fairly small house compared to the rest of the town. My mother hands me what she made for breakfast. As per usual it’s oatmeal. I don’t mind that we have it every day anymore, in fact I’ve grown quite fond of it. I slurp down my food with no hesitation.“Kid,” my mother starts “you‘re going places.”I smirk so she can‘t see that I’m laughing at the fact ...
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