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Submitted to Contest #249
To be fair, the kidnapers were polite to me.They hustled me into the back of a bobtail truck with courtesy and deference. They drove me to an undisclosed spot, dropped me off, and sped away, never once yelling at me, or threatening me, or manhandling me. And there I stood, wherever it was. A small town that wouldn’t be out of place in rural America. A town square. People going about their business, being pleasant to me, a stranger. I had no idea where I was, or why I was taken, gently but forcibly, from the side of the road.I always loathed ...
Submitted to Contest #247
Thirty years ago, a stranger saved me by purchasing my life. I cost one pound of coffee and two pounds of sugar. It was the opinion of everyone in the village the stranger had overpaid.The gates of my village closed behind us the next day, and I began to cry. The stranger stared at me and climbed onto his two-wheeled machine, beckoning me to do the same. I had been bought, so I did as he desired, holding on to his waist and letting go of my family. The roar of the machine drowned out my sobs, but nothing could still the fear in my heart or q...
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