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January 6, 2006

January 6, 2006

Where does this door lead?

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D: Ajar

"You brought me out here to see this?"

It is a door; it leads to the forest of Wonderment where the trees of delight sway upon the warm breezes and the birds sing in harmony.

"Are you high? Have you been huffing tractor starter fluid again?"

There the pixies and faeries will lead us to the castle of the good Sorcerer Griffindill.

"Screw this Narnia crap; I thought we were going to play with your dad's guns"

We will be happy there.

“Dude, remember that Dungeons & Dragons cartoon? No way am I being stranded anywhere without my X-Box 360.”

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Ted: Door into Spring

We, myself and Cindy that is, came upon the door near Da's house. Out past the greenhouses and the pastures. It wasn't really on Da's property, but the Shea family had long since moved away.

Cindy thought it would be a good place to hunt for bugs for our school project. Since I was older, by all of seven minutes anyway, she said it was my duty to lift it.

At first, pulling from the top, it wouldn't budge. Nor the sides or bottom. Cindy said "Just open it, Jason."

And that was when the whole world changed. Oh, my...

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Jim: Ducking Through A Small Door

The green-headed duck pointed one wing at the overgrown pile of rotting frames. “You should open that door, Fred,” he quacked.

“That’s silly. Why would I want to do that?”

“Someone once wrote that the doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live,” he replied.

There’s no point in arguing with a duck so I opened the door. Suddenly, dozens of cockroaches, startled by the light, scampered away from their dank hiding place underneath.

The green-headed duck quacked happily and pounced. Within seconds, the bugs were all eaten.

I wondered what this said about my life.

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