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Submitted to Contest #290
The big chair squeaks, just a little. Creak, creak, creak. The chair is a La-Z-Boy. He knows this from reading the logo imprinted on the wooden handle that sproing! makes the footrest jump up when you pull it. He is not allowed to pull that handle. "It's not a toy," Papa says. But he still reads it sometimes, when he is on the floor while Mama reads at night. He traces the letters, proud of himself for sounding them out. He wonders why a boy wants to be lazy. He is uncomfortable now, in that sort of uncomfortable way where you don't want to ...
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