Kirsten Bell

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“A Kid at Christmas” by Kirsten Bell

Submitted to Contest #283

I felt ridiculous. Five layers of fluff separated my skin from the December air, giving me the look of an unthreatening bear. One of a storybook that was clumsy and only kind. Woefully undermining her abilities. My mother watched out the window, receiving the occasional mitten-obscured thumbs up from my little sister, Bea. She wasn’t watching her over dressed bears though. She’d be watching the road. “Watch me, Betty!” the littler bear yelled my way. “Watch this move!” And with a muffled crunch, her whole body fell back into the s...

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