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Tom’s Treasure Hunt

Flore Tanor

They must have been walking for a good two hours. The lights of the town are far behind them. The houses disappeared long ago. Now they are walking through the forest and night is falling. Tom is ...  [+]
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Tiger, Oh Tiger

Kenneth Margolin

The black man who approached from the rear of the gathering at my father's burial looked to be one hundred years old. He was frail, but not bent. He walked haltingly, supported by two black ...  [+]

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