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When The Trees Fell

Leah Ariana

Submitted to Contest #210

TRIGGER WARNING: Fire, Burning, Death of a minor, Death of parents There was a crash in my backyard at 2:36 in the morning, the night before my first American History test of the school year. I was still awake listening to Hamilton in hopes of memorizing the scraps of semi-accurate information in the musical. Even with my headphones blasting at top volume, I still heard the apple tree crack and tumble into the packed dirt below in the backyard. The resounding boom made me jump like the monster had just made its first appearance on screen in ...

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