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Amanda Huggins

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The Train to Hope

Submitted to Contest #168

Dasha stares out the train window and reflects on the last two years, wondering if life will ever be the same again. She packed everything she owned in the small suitcase stored above her seat and spent her last dollar on the train ticket to Poland. She leaves behind death, destruction, poverty, and war in exchange for uncertainty, hope, and a potential future. When the Russians invaded Ukraine, they demolished buildings, killed civilians, and wreaked havoc on every aspect of everyday life. For a long time, she felt like she would be able to...

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