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THE ROSE
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by Suzy Edmonson
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"How beautiful! A rose!"
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She quickly filled a vase with water and set the vase on the living room
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table. She sat for several minutes gazing at the beauty of the delicate
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blossom. Then the phone rang and the rose was forgotten. The next day, she
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stopped to admire the perfection of the flower but then ran out the door heading
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for school. When the girl arrived home that night, she filled the vase with
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fresh water and deeply inhaled the rose's flowery scent. Then she retreated to
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her room to begin her homework. She woke up late the next morning and ran out
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the door with only a quick glance at the rose. Night came and the girl didn't
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come home. At one o'clock the girl tiptoed into the house, ran into her room
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and fell asleep on her bed. For the rest of the week the girl went about her
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daily routines forgetting the rose on the table. It was not so beautiful
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anymore. The stem sagged, the blossom had lost its vibrant color and the once
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lively petals now hung limply from the stem. One night the girl arrived home
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later then usual. As she passed by the lonely rose, it straightened on its
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tired stem and rearranged its petals to perfection. A glow seemed to radiate
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from within the rose. The girl continued walking to her room and the rose was
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left unnoticed. As she turned off the light in the living room, the rose
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dropped a single petal. Like a teardrop it fell silently to the floor where it
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lay motionless. Then the once beautiful rose shriveled and was no more.
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