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Sunday Afternoon at Willow Mills
Two little boys are getting ready to fist fight. They are the little guys in the front – Ryan and Alex.
They aren’t fighting over toys. So, it must be about a girl. Her name is Dolly.
It’s at the pool at Willow Mills. It’s very warm and sunny.
“Get your dukes up!” says Ryan. Alex gets his up and he’s ready. “You better look out,” he says.
One of the kids in the background throws a ball of straw at them and it falls at their feet. Ryan and Alex just laugh about it. They think it's funny, so they go to beat up the boy that threw the straw ball.
The boy picks up some sand to throw, but instead runs over to the boys and says, “Hey, don’t you remember me anymore?” He’s all dressed up in dark clothes and shoes out on the beach. He just came to visit for the day.
They look at each other and say, “No, we don’t remember you.”
He told them his name, Joe Blow from the Windy City. Turns out they used to be good friends.
Meanwhile, Dolly is over under the umbrella in the corner. She’s my friend, the beautiful blond. She is laughing the whole time. “Oh, you are crazy,” she says. The boys just laugh. Someone says, “oh yeah, I remember you.”
They hear the sounds of the water and the birds. And, they smell the smell of someone barbequing. They are smart so they follow the smell to get something to eat.
They forget about the girl and forget that they were fighting.
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