Thursday, February 17, 2011

Children liked flashy things...

SHINY


There were no gumdrops in the can formerly containing coffee grounds, that was certain. The only reason why Jessica checked was because she had previously found, in addition to the normal assortment of broken watch parts, Christmas ornaments, and lose change, were a handful of gumdrops. Sure, they’d been rock-hard, and covered in dust, but… GUMDROPS! Forbidden sweets, in her grandmother’s kitchen. But today, it was just as one would expect—watch parts and coins and this and that. She was about to declare the entire search and discovery mission a loss, until she pulled out a large glowing blue orb…

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