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Yield Not to Temptation
telling me to do this. I knew better; however, I sat

there asking myself what to do. Should I allow

the temptation to take me over? At that moment

my mother’s voice echoed in my head saying,

“Ereacka, do not play with matches, please. They
are not safe to play with.”

These words kept on playing in my head like a

broken recorder over and over again. I tried my

best not to listen to them. I tried to find
something to do. But all of my regular games

needed someone else to play with and I was

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