Holes: A Short Story

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A woman nearby had witnessed everything that had just happened, and she saw a hole where a pebble flew out of it and where the voice that was just randomly spoken, that came from the hole. The woman had went over to go inspect the hole, and she yelled into it: “I can’t come ou-t!” She listened for a few seconds, she didn’t even hear her own echo! She decided to leave and then come back the next day when children would be playing at the park that she currently is in. She would come back and warn people so they don’t fall into the hole or drop anything in it. The next day, she came back with a lawn chair and a book. She sat there with the book, reading. She was reading and later she saw two children playing frisbee, and one of the two children

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