Page 2 - Laurel

All Summer in a Dream
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Autumn, Winter and Spring passed so slowly
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– leaves dropped, snow fell, lowers burst – and

suddenly school was done with, over. An end to F
exams, routines, book reports, projects, and the

four-walled classroom. It was summer, inally, L

summer – a chance to be carefree, a chance for
silence, a chance to rest. Just for a moment I
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closed my eyes and..

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Everyone looked friendly and familiar, like my

favorite worn, comfortable sneakers. Could I
have known them from another dream, another T

time? They smiled at me, hugged me, and
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chatted about their school year. I began to feel
comfortable and easy, but where was I going.
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And then I turned to my left, and through the N
bus window I saw lush sunlit ields, stretching

to the distant woods. I saw cedar-strewn and

blue rock paths winding through the woods S
past deep red buildings and green courts, going
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steadily downward and deeper beneath shady .

trees until the path ended. And there, stretched .
out beneath a brightly blue sky was the lake, a

deep mirror at my feet.

So this was my dream destination. I had arrived

as had many others before and with me now,
to my dream called summer in a place

called Camp Laurel.