The Pledge
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...the store downstairs,
for candy or ice cream.

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She would eat her sweets
and I would read to her.

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She loved Andersen.
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Who?
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Do you know what he wrote
in his story "The Angel"?

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No.
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Here.
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"Whenever a good child dies...
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...an angel of God...
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...comes down from Heaven...
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...and takes the child in his arms.
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And spreads out his great white wings.
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And flies with her...
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...over all the places...
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...that she loved during her life.
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And then, the child carries...
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...a large handful of flowers...
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...up to God."
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Beautiful.
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What's your name?
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Becky. Becky Fiske.
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And you were Ginny's best friend?
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We sat together.
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She died.
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Yeah. I know.

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