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Submitted to Contest #124
I only took my eyes off her for a second. Swinging pigtails, soft legs. Scan quickly back up the path, peer into the woods calling her name, trying to keep the panic out of my voice. It’s cold. Sweat prickles my neck. I tell myself she can’t have gone far, whistle the dogs. They don’t come back. I call their names. Maybe they’re together, you hear stories about dogs looking after children. I clamber down the muddy bank to the river, the light is going, bile rises in my throat pushes curses out. I shout her name, No child, no dogs. My h...
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