Stay With Me Sister

By Alexandra Schaeffer

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It was rainy. I was with my parents and my big sister. But then, one day there was a war. Killed our parents and then, before the war was over, a witch tickled my back. It felt like slimy worms but it was a naughty witch. She took me and put me on the broom and zoomed to where she lived.
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When I went in the house, it was smelly. It was exactly where witches should live. But I remembered when I was three years old that witches get used to stink smells, they smell their hands more often. Then she cackled and then she said, “I will let you try and run to the house you used to live and if it is sunset and you are not there then I will get you. And everyday you can try and keep trying.”
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I felt like saying, “Why can’t I just do it for a day or night?” But I did not say anything. Not a word crept into my mouth.
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That day, when I was trying to get to my house, I did not make it. I was very close, I was ten inches away from my house, but unfortunately that doesn’t count.
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The next night I tried and tried and tried and tried. I was really close. This time I was nine inches away from the house. But it just didn’t count. Why didn’t it count? I felt like blaming the witch but I was afraid that she wouldn’t give me any chances. Perhaps she would shorten my time.

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The next night, I crossed my fingers and then I kept running and running and running and this time when I was only eight inches away from the house, I failed.
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The next night, I said to myself, “It is my fourth chance. I need to make it. I need to! This time I will not cross my fingers, I will just run faster and faster! Who cares about my sweat?”

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So, as I ran, I kept running. Sweat dropped out of me, and each one dropped out of me so fast. It was like puddles of sweat. It was quite gross to me. I didn’t have time to buy lettuce. Instead I took money from my pocket and I through it to the grocery stand and I got some lettuce.
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It was sunset, but I was very far away. There was no way that the witch could get me. I was in the house after three seconds. I saw my sister. She was crying. I saw puddles and I tried tasting the puddles, they were all salty!
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I took a step, I tapped her shoulder and she turned around thinking it was one of her robots that she invented to keep her company. Instead it was me. She cried and cried. She hugged me and kissed me and she always took care of me.

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Even if there were any other wars, none of us got stolen.

The end.