The Art of Running Bears
The summer I turned fifteen, my dog Barnaby and I developed a routine. We'd wake up at dawn, grab my baseball glove from where it sat gathering dust on the porch, and start running...
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The summer I turned fifteen, my dog Barnaby and I developed a routine. We'd wake up at dawn, grab my baseball glove from where it sat gathering dust on the porch, and start running...
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