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Submitted to Contest #94
Dr. Keneth O'Shaughnessy and his four grad students Jacqueline, Blake, Denise, and Aaron, had been trudging through the thick jungles of the Amazon rain forest for nearly a week. It had not been easy, but the prize they were after would be payoff enough. More than enough as far as Dr. O'Shaughnessy was concerned. For more than twenty years, he had studied, researched, and explored in search of his prize. Not a lost city of gold, as some of his peers liked to say to poke fun at him. They thought it was a ridiculous endeavor. He might as...
Submitted to Contest #93
"Everett, come on out of there. How many times have I told you not to go down there?" "Sorry, Dad," I said, "I just like the crawl space. It's really cool in there!" I crawled out from under the house on my hands and knees, getting them a little muddy. The crawl space was one of my favorite places to play. It was always warm in the winter or cool in the summer, and there were usually neat spiders down there. I usually didn't get webs on me, so long as I was careful. And sometimes, I would even find little frogs down there. I liked catching ...
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