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Kek and Lual go outside

to look at the moon.
I follow.

We look up
at the bright shimmering light.

All of a sudden

I hear screams.

The moonlight becomes
a burning fire,

drowning the tent where we slept
I see Lual running to help.

I call out to him
Please! Come back!

But my voice is swallowed

by the roaring flames.

I look away
as the fire takes Lual.

The fire becomes angry men with guns,

and they come for me
and I see Kek grab my dress.

We must go,
he says,

and we run for the trees.
As I lose my grip on Kek’s hand

the trees take Kek away,
but he laughs and giggles,

The trees are kind,
I think,

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