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Bad Dream

Will slid into his bed timidly, unsure if he wanted to go to sleep or not. He felt his chest, wincing in pain as he gently touched his cracked rib. His parents took him to the doctor’s that morning but, they said it wasn’t that bad. He didn’t know if he should go to sleep or not.
He decided not to. He paced, read, and listened to music. By one o’ clock he had drifted off to sleep.

Will found himself sitting at the top of the slide on the playground. (A good dream? he wondered)
He slid down the slide, only to find Cary, the girl he had a crush on, standing at the bottom.
She was laughing and pointing at him.
He looked down at his legs.
His pants were gone.

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