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There Was a Hole in the Floor With a Fire Under It
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In the hallway, or where the hall opened into the living room, there was…
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It Was a Small Box Full of Other People's Handwriting
There was a box on the kitchen counter or in a cupboard, wooden or tin or plastic, about…
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It Was Cloth on a Stick With a Spring Inside
There was a wooden roller across the top of the window, and hanging from it a sheet of…
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Everybody Got in the Car and Nobody Asked Where
On a Sunday afternoon, after dinner, somebody said let's go for a drive, and the household got in the…
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It Came in the Middle of Winter and It Was Free
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Sometime in January, in the worst part of the year, a thick paper catalog…
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It Was a Roof on Posts Stuck to the Side of the House
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Attached to the end of the house, running out toward the driveway, there…