Holly Jahangiri

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“Mentriloquist” by Holly Jahangiri

Submitted to Contest #48

"Come outside and play, Kari!" I flounced down on the living room couch, arms crossed, glaring at my older sister, The Bookworm. "After I finish this chapter," she said. That's what she always said. This chapter. Then the next. And another. It was The Witch of Blackbird Pond, this time. I could not understand why those old books were so fascinating, but I knew that to Kari, they were more interesting than a little sister, and I resented them all. "Fine!" I'd go outside without her, climb to the top of my tree, and never come down. I woul...

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Writer, wife, and mother Kid at heart Author of children's books, short stories, and poetry https://jahangiri.us