Write a story about the relationship between a parent and a child that spans several years.

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“BAGPACK OF SUMMER LESSONS” by Bhanushi Bagh

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“Summer”, what pop’s up in your mind when you hear it. Beaches, cocktails, pools, ice-creams, vacations, playing out with friends. Well for me, it's pretty the opposite.My father was in the Indian army medical corps, so he used to get posted from city to city after every couple of years. Whereby I and, my siblings had to pack our luggage, leaving our school, friends, home, and everything behind as soon as get ourselves accustomed to that place.Still, we never complained, for those unsaid goodbyes, broken promises, tears behind our grinned fa...

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“Family is Forever” by Samantha Hartford

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Callum, once a king who had led his armies to victory and now a hero who wandered the land doing good deeds, was at the end of his rope. Leaning heavily on his staff, running shaking fingers through his dark hair, he pleaded with the greatest villain his country had ever known. “Midnight, could you please not do this?”“Why wouldn’t I?” Across the darkened chamber, the demon’s sharp smile flared. When the sun at last rose and the clouds outside cleared, she might appear a normal human -- but for the fact that she was deep blue and scaled and ...

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