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4 t h e D a y s h e a L m o s t D I D n ’ t D I e After a conversation with Gaia even the radio weatherman was excited about the unseasonable spring winds. rosemary painted her toenails red and stuck her bare feet into never-worn, end-of-summer-sale sandals. she had a taste for ice cream! she might run her errands on foot, stopping for a double scoop frappuccino triple Chocolate Cherry sensation. It had been a long winter. she stepped out. a rottweiler lurched toward her. she froze. his chain caught and he jerked back, one knee width away. she exhaled the words from her fortune cookie: You will be tricked by danger. she stepped in mud to get around the dog, its eyes roiling. she caught a glimpse of her friend across the street, waving Rosemary! Rosemary! she waited for traffic until her friend drove off with a sorry shrug. suddenly she felt a chill wind across her feet. The traffic hurt her eyes. she found a slim space, leapt out into the road, sliding along the mud on her sandal like grease on a piston. ...

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