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Off With Their Heads

By Virginia Von Ruden

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Gravity was holding me in bed. Would Mom take that as an excuse for not getting up after her second “warning”. Looking back, it was almost as if Mom was my snooze alarm. Eventually, I pried myself out of bed. I could hear the milking noises coming from the barn, so I crawled out to begin another day on the farm.

Summer was starting to wane, and school would be starting in a few weeks. Work had been at a fever pitch all summ...