Through It All
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"Don't wuss out this time," I tell myself as I step onto the tracks. I can see the train off in the distance. It looks as if it were barely moving. The memory of the first time I saw a train came into my mind.
"Look! A train!" My four-year-old self yelled out as a train went by. Both of my parents laughed.
"I see that," my dad said as he crouched down to my level. "Just remember, don't ever go close to a moving train. You can get hurt very badly."
"Don't worry daddy I wo-"
The sound of the train horn jerks me out of my thoughts. I didn't realize how close it had got so fast. Tears rolling down my face I braced myself for the impact of the train, but the impact of the train wasn't what hit me.
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