Stories tagged “uncle”
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Μαντάμ Μέγαιρα (Madame Shrew)
—Ξένια! Ξένια! Ξύπνα, κορίτσι μου – δέν έχουμε πολύ χρόνο! Η μέρα δεν είχε ακόμα αρχίσει και ήδη η μάμα έχει στείλει την Ελευθερία να μ
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Bagel Seeds
I used to be the cool uncle. But when my brother got the job training sea lions at Mystic Aquarium. Well that title was passed on to him, and deservedly so. Ever since that experimental archeology course I became pretty good at flint knapping. The kids...
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Bagel Bushes
My mom and dad arrived the day before my sister and her kids on the annual family gathering. They got in late and the kids went to bed shortly after arriving. This year I had a new row of blueberry bushes growing in the garden. I got up early, before a...
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Chewing Gum
My uncle Harry gave me my first piece of chewing gum. I remember it well, because that was the day my father died. They never told me how it happened, but I guess I didn’t really want to know. It was early afternoon when my drunken father came st...
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In the Shadows Of Men (7)
“There was water on the floor and my foot slipped” I tried to explain. “Well then why didn’t you clean it up?” he replied, in the same tone, getting angrier by the second. “Because I didn’t know it was there...
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It's Been A Sorry Few Months
I found out that my dog had cancer on the day that we returned home from my uncle’s funeral. He was young, Uncle Joe. He had problems with painkillers. I think he killed himself, but no one will tell me for sure. I don’t want to ask my pare...
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In and out
On the third day, Verdie took a lesson on the command deck. “What do you know about the Kuku’s? " “They’re bandits that attack our ships and colonies. They have some kind of cloaking device that hides them from our scanners and use aba...
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Lessons in Teaching
“Here honey, pump the handle like this.” Gary gently pressed down on the top and caught the gel that oozed out with his other hand. He turned his cupped hand in the light and showed his niece how the purple crystals hung suspended in the go...