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September 15, 2000 Written via email correspondence by Bill Dow and Heather Devera, THE LITTLE BOY IN RED. the little boy in red floats on his back, while smiling at the sky. a cloud floats by that looks just like a little boy in white, smiling back at him. he blinks a couple of times, and turns his head slightly, wondering if he saw his twin. when he opens his eyes again, there's not a cloud in the sky. what happened? he says out loud, shifting his body vertical. he's surprised to see the little boy in white, still smiling at him from the shore. the little boy in red swims toward the shore, he eagerly wants to know how the little boy in white did that. before he can even get a word out, t he boy in white starts talking to him. "i knew you'd come." the little boy in red was surprised to hear his own voice come from the boy in white's mouth. they stared at each other, the boy in red dumbfounded and scared. the more scared the boy in red looked, the more scared the boy in white looked. the little boy in red reached out slowly, with his arm, afraid of what was to come. the boy in white reached back, and when they touched, the boy in red suddenly woke up. he jumps from his bed and looks in the mirror; his pajamas are white. his hair is white, his slippers are white, and only his cheeks are still red. ìwhat do i do now?" he says. (that's not fair....) before he can decide, his mother scoops him to send him off to school.. THE END. |
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| late 10 - 01 • the autumns • shannon stephens • the little red boy • morella's forest |
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