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Salem By Arthur Miller: A Short Story

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The soft sounds of wind greeted Salem, inviting her into the forest. Everything had seemed normal that day, nothing out of the un-ordinary, the grass was still a soft spongey, green, and the sky was still blue with dollops of fluffy white clouds, but Salem learned something that day, never believe anything, for what it seems to be. The day had started off with Salem heading to River Fall, a nearby city. As the sun reached about Masser (mid-day), the sky darkened, it was if a big black sheet had enshrouded the whole land. She had gotten quite off trail already, a few slight detours to spot caves and ruins. As she was heading closer onto the path, a single drop of rain fell on her black silky hair, then another on her metal armor, and suddenly a whole storm was upon Salem and her dog, Escuro. The two began to bolt through the forest, snapping small twigs and crumbling leaves under their feet.
As they were rushing through the forest, they saw a little old shack. The moss stuck to their feet/paws as they ran. Finally, when they reached the cabin, they went inside, the door creaked as Salem's light brown palms rubbed against the old steel knob. Once she got inside, the little house opened up, revealing a small bed covered in …show more content…

She grabbed a note and ink bottle left on the table which read "My darling, why won't you come and join me, I can feel the magic surging through your veins, just join me, and be a necromancer, your mother Anieses,” Salem dropped the ink bottle in fear, and covered her mouth in shock. Salem grabbed Escuro faster than ever, completely forgetting that he weighed over sixty pounds. She never had ran faster in her whole twenty-three years. She climbed up the ladder and got Escuro out also, as she locked back the trapdoor, she grabbed her supplies and walked out of the door out the

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