(DOWNLOAD) "Here Come the Brides (Short Story)" by Apalachee Review ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Here Come the Brides (Short Story)
Author : Apalachee Review
Release Date : January 01, 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 80 KB

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1972, Biloxi MS, St. Martin Elementary School. At recess I sit with Debby Wingo on the steps outside the third-grade building and watch Gena Nungesser skip rope. Debby hangs onto every word as I hold forth on Gena's foolishness. Gena has made no secret of her intention to marry Donny Osmond when she grows up. How is it, I ask Debby, that Gena believes Donny Osmond will marry her when he doesn't even know her? Besides, she's only eight, he's already well into his teens, he'll get married long before she's old enough, can't she see it's impossible? I don't talk about my quandary, the impossibility I face. When I grow up, I want to marry Gena Nungesser. We've talked it over, she and I, and despite her desire for Donny, she's entertained the idea. When we play scenes from my favorite TV show Get Smart!, she always plays Agent 99 to my Agent 86. When we play with her baby doll, I've been cast as both the doctor who delivers it from beneath her shirt and the father who put it there. I love her, and until recently, I've made no secret of it.