2 short stories

STORY 1

A few days ago my father decided to make a little calendar for my 6-year-old sister. He circled all the main events like birthdays and holidays. He gave it to my little sister as a surprise and she really seemed to like it. She started looking throughout the pages of the calendar, reading and making comments about how she liked it. Father seemed very proud of himself for making such a calendar. Then out of nowhere my sister asked why the 5th of October wasn't circled. My father asked her why it should be circled. She said that the 5th of October was the birthday of her stuffed animal. My father, who is too proud to admit a mistake, made up a lie and said that he wanted to throw a surprise birthday party for her stuffed animal, and in order for it to be a surprise he didn't write it down. That answer seemed to make sense for my sister, so she turned back to the calendar and got back to looking at its pages. Then my sister asked why the 16th of March wasn't circled. My father asked her why the 16th should be circled. My sister is a very calm voice said,-" That's that day you die. You'll get into a car crash." Then she turned back to the calendar, took a black pen, and circled the 16th leaving my father in shock. That calendar is now hanging next to the door, it's all pretty and pink except for the 16th of March. While I'm writing this, it is the 15th, so tomorrow we'll see if what my little sister said is true...

STORY 2

When I was little we used to go to the public pool. One day I met a little boy named Tom. He would be there every day. We would play around until my mom would call me to go back home. I really liked playing with Tom. Then Summer ended and I had to go to school. I forgot about Tom. A few days ago we had a swimming contest. Before the contest started were once again explained the safety rules. We all got really bored, so one participant raised his hand and asked why we needed to hear all this when we weren't little children and we already knew the rules. The adult telling us the rules explained that 15 years ago a little boy drowned in the pool. From that day the rules had to be explained. I've been to the pool lots of Times and I have never heard this story, so when I returned home I googled the incident to try to find out more about it. I found an old news article saying that 15 years ago a 5-year-old boy started drowning in the pool. For some reason, the lifeguard on duty didn't notice and the boy drowned. At the end of the article, there was a picture of the boy. I realized that I knew this boy, it was Tom, I was sure of it. But it didn't make sense, because I'm 14 right now, but the incident happened 15 years ago. I thought that maybe I was wrong, so I asked my mom about the boy I was playing with, surely it wasn't Tom. My mom said,- " Oh, you mean Tom, yeah you always played with him in the pool. He was your imaginary friend"...

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