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Mum had work that day, which meant I was left in the house by myself.

She said she would be home once she had finished work and quickly went into town to fetch something.

I perched myself on the rough roots of the oversized oak tree in our small garden;

Pen and sketchbook at hand.

I turned out that I had been drawing all day.

It was probably the shortest day I'd had for a long time.

Time flew by.

Mum should've been home any minute then.

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