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Fireplace of Love

The night is bitterly cold, the wind is howling, and the snow steadily accumulates on the spots the young man just shoveled.
After a while of shoveling, the young man goes inside the house, to take a break.
When he walks through the kitchen, he sees a steaming cup of hot cocoa and a handwritten note that says “I love you sweetheart, come downstairs”
So he goes downstairs, to the family room, and sees his lover wrapped up in a blanket in front of the fireplace.
She is reading one of his history books, even though she never really liked history.
All of a sudden, the door opens, and she turns around, startled. Her frightened state vanishes however, when she sees the one she loves standing there, with red hands and red face, numbed from the cold.
Her love sits beside her, and she takes him into her arms under the blanket.
They sit side by side, warming up in front of a crackling fire.
After a while, the two lovers fall asleep in each other’s arms, dreaming of peace, love and all things good.

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