Ursula took her reading glasses off &peered
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Ursula took her reading glasses off &peered closely at Gudrun. "I shall never marry you. You disgust me." The truth surprised even her. Yet here she was, in the autumn of her life,
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Listening to the thunder and the storms in its wake. Gudrun blinked but remained n silent looking at her dolefully like a doe caught in somebody else's meadow or garden. In the ga
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ted house lied a maiden so beautiful. Gudrun had never witnessed someone so pleasing to his eyes. Yet, he stood by the sidelines, not knowing how to approach this "creature."
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As the maiden lied to him over & over, Gudrun got more attracted. No one had made him feel this way since his folks told him about the tooth fairy, & his bro Jim about how babies
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came from storks. Gudrun was falling in love with the maiden. He stepped just a bit closer, hoping the maiden would not die on him now. That would be heartbreaking.
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"I used to know someone who looked a lot like you, only in better health," Gudrun spoke clumsily, "Her name was Ursula, and I loved her." The maiden opened her eyes and looked at
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me. I am Ursula. You've finally remembered me after all these years. You disappeared after the crash. you must have had amnesia. I donated a kidney. But now my last one is failing.
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Gudrun donated one before she died. D. H. Lawrence did too. Now I have no one left to ask. The Ministry of Transplants called me up yesterday. Mr. Doolittle asked me whether I was
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the one who had killed his parents years ago, i said yes i killed your parents mr. doolittle but it was in self defense i swear your parents attacked me and i struck them with fire
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and a sleeping spell. That way they could sleep through their burning." "I have spent a decade tracking you down to wreak my vengeance on you. But I believe you. We're good." ~~fin
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Col.Lingus Mar 12 2024 @ 22:16
Cool how Ursula made it back into the story.
Col.Lingus Mar 12 2024 @ 22:37
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