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A Leigh's avatar

something magical is lost when we leave our four year old selves behind, as this story so well captures

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Thank you, AE, for sharing your thoughtful feelings.

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Verna Gillis's avatar

I ate the candy bar!

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

hahahaha

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Francisco Rivera's avatar

Was there a candy bar? ;-)

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

There definitely was!

I have a theory. Look closely at my dancing parents' hands.

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Joan Marlow Golan's avatar

Hey, Bex, I'm guessing your brother Richard ate the candy bar. Older brothers tend to have a sense of entitlement about these things.

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Hahaha. He could--dare i say, would-- have eaten it. Very funny.

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Anne Warren's avatar

I think you would have cleaned up well.

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

And you put your finger on the problem!

She said I was too dirty to go with her to the store; I ran inside and washed my face and hands; I ran back outside AND THE CAR WAS GONE!!!! And you know the rest....or at least as much of the rest as I do!

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Anne Warren's avatar

Im sorry you had that experience 😔. And your mother ate that candy bar.

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Actually, I always had a idea about that. Look closely at my dancing parents' hands. (They are obviously on a sugar high.)

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Hahaha! She might have!

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Anne Warren's avatar

Aha! That’s the candy wrapper they’re holding! It’s identical to the one the nice policeman gave you so at least that part of the mystery is solved…

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

Yes. I fully believe my parents ate the candy bar-in spite of their denials--but how I disappeared to Fingdale will like remain a mystery.

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Esther Merves's avatar

hmmmmm unsolved mysteries are the best kind!

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Rebecca Kalin's avatar

I am afraid, dear Esther, that this one is likely unsolvable at this point....but you can try!

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