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21. Snowman
Setting: the home of Eudora & Gordon Carton; Hartford, Connecticut; Christmas 2067 / the home of Norman Carton; Edinburgh, Scotland; Christmas 2107
(200 words)
“What happened to my hat?!”
Gordon Carton appeared dressed in a starched police uniform. He searched the living room in vain for his hat. Never mind, he was late for work!
Bundling up against the wind and snow, he stepped outside, and -
A snowman sat alongside the driveway, wearing Gordon’s hat. Norman peered around the side, his cheeks flushed with cold and embarrassment. “Sorry I took it without asking, Dad. He’s a policeman like you. Do you like him?”
Gordon chuckled. “Keep it, it looks better on him!” He saluted the snowman. “Hello, Officer!”
“What happened to my scarf?!”
Norman wasn’t one to lose things. He tried searching and summoning it with no luck. Never mind, he’d better remove the snow before the driveway became impassable!
Warming charms in place, he stepped outside. He saw Normandie’s bright red hair before he saw his scarf draped around the snowman’s neck. A strange sense of deja vu overwhelmed him. Hard to believe that forty years ago, he’d done the same thing!
Normandie’s cheeks flushed the same shade as her hair. “Sorry I borrowed your scarf, Dad! He looked a little drab without it.”
Norman laughed. “You’re right. It looks better on him!”
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |