Page 241 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

Home at Last
Clara and Franz sat side by side at the top of the stairs, beneath the quiet tick-tocking of the grand old Clock. Neither spoke. They just sat there.
Then Franz turned to Clara and said, “I was so afraid that I had lost you.”
Clara looked up and admitted, “I was so afraid I’d never find you.”
They looked at each other a little more and slowly smiled, just a little.
“I thought it was all a dream.”
“More like a nightmare,” responded Franz. And Clara agreed.
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