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Nobody Not Even The Rain Has Such Small Hands

 

“Margot stood alone. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost. Now she stood, separate, staring at the rain and the loud wet world beyond the huge glass.”

From the short story, “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury.

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6 comments

1 The Hawk   ~  Nov 4, 2010 2:44 pm

It's quite a story

2 thelarmis   ~  Nov 4, 2010 3:05 pm

i always seem to fall this girl...

3 Matt Blankman   ~  Nov 4, 2010 3:24 pm

This story has haunted me since I was a kid.

4 Matt Blankman   ~  Nov 4, 2010 4:26 pm

Also, I think I have a serious crush on that girl in the picture.

5 hiscross   ~  Nov 4, 2010 8:13 pm

Cydia. the iPhone jailbreak girl. Go dev-team

6 Hank Waddles   ~  Nov 5, 2010 1:57 am

You know the best thing about teaching middle school? I get to share that story with a new group of students every year.

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