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I wriggled around to free myself from the blankets that Nagymama tied to the mattress with shoelaces, and climbed over the fortress of chairs that my family put around the bed to insure that I wouldn't fall out of bed.

I looked around and realized that I wasn't at home at all! I was in an old spooky castle with brown stone walls that climbed for miles and cobwebs that blanketed every corner. I tried to peer out a window, but I wasn't tall enough to reach the ledge. All I could see was hints of a dark purple sky and the sliver of a moon.

"Anyu?" I called, as my voice echoed down the empty corridor.

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It was coming from behind a closed door.

I slowly crept towards the door, my bare feet chilled by the bumpy stone floor. I slowly turned the doorknob and peered inside. It was nothing but a closet full of Nagymama's doilies and tablecloths embroidered with hundreds of...
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