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Margot: A Narrative Fiction

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Margot had bloodshot eyes. Her face was streaked with dried tears. She slowly stumbled out, like she was in a trance. She stepped past the children, and gazed out the window. It was pouring with rain like an avalanche. One of the girls stood behind her. “We’re sorry,” whispered the girl. But Margot brushed past her and headed toward the classroom. “Margot?” asked the teacher. “The children locked me in...,” mumbled Margot, “in the closet.” “Oh! Oh, Margot! I’m so sorry!” cried the teacher in disbelief and sadness, “I knew you were waiting for the sun a long time.But…why?” “They didn’t like me just because I was ‘different’ and wouldn’t play with them. The children wouldn’t believe me that the sun would come out. That’s when they locked me
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