The shadow

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The girl sat on the curb waiting for the rain to pass

"Do not sit here alone, it is dark and cold out here." A boy claimed.

The girl moved to make room for the boy and he sat next to her.

"Why do you have to be sad?"

The girl looked at the boy with his calm but serious face as thunder cracked in the distance

The girl poured her worries into the gutter with the rain .

The boy stayed and nodded, listening and waiting for the girl to finish,

"Life will be better, just keep your chin up." The boy smiled.

The girl looked up and watched as the rain halted and the clouds passed

She turned her gaze to where the boy had been but he had already disappeared.

As the shadow that was cast over her life had come and left

the boy had followed suit and left

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