The Night Falls,
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\nRadiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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This morning the cows were already waiting for me at the fence. \u201cGood morning!\u201d I said. They skipped the pleasantries and got right to it. \u201cWe have strange news Radiance. Did you know that the night really falls? We haven\u2019t figured out from where yet, but it falls alright. It\u2019s like some sort of veil that had been held up by invisible strings all day that the sun snipped before she sank behind the hills. It slowly drifted down and disappeared the corn field, the tractor, and the farmer\u2019s house. It even covered the lights in the windows.\u201d They chewed their mouthfuls of clover waiting to see my reaction. I looked up at the sky and said: \u201cThat is strange. I dreamt last night that I wasn\u2019t ready to teach today.\u201d \u201cWhat did you do?\u201d they asked. \u201cI woke up in a panic, got up to pee, then went back to bed.\u201d \u201cWhat happened to the dream? they asked.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not sure,\u201d I said, \u201cbut maybe it turned into a veil and was lifted into the sky when I got up this morning.\u201d The cows chewed for a moment and we all stood in silence until they said: \u201cStrange.\u201d<\/p>\n
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