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Allison woke up grudgingly to the bright yellow rays of 

summer sunlight streaming in through her bedroom 

window. It was Saturday morning and only eight o’ clock. 

Turning to stretch her arms she fell of the edge of her 

bed. She squealed when she fell, even though it wasn’t 

that far to the ground. “Guess I was closer to the edge 

than I thought.” She said rubbing her head where she 

banged it on the table. 

Since she was awake, she decided to go down the 

street to see Claire her best friend. Claire was always 

a morning person, and always up pretty early.  

Allison knocked on Clarie's door and she was there 

right away. “Well your up early aren’t you Ally? In 

fact it’s almost too early for you to be up.” Claire 

smiled, she was kidding around of course. “Yeah, well 

it’s hard to get a decent sleep in when the sun 

decides to come out and rudely wake you up.” Ally 

complained. 

Walking into the living room Clare and Allison 

wondered what exactly they were going to do that day. 

“Movies? Shopping?” Claire suggested. “Actually I was 

thinking maybe something outside, it’s a nice day. How 

about a walk or something like that?” Ally asked. “Hm 

sounds fun! Where at? The park or the woods?” “The 

woods defiantly, less people crowding us and it is more 

peaceful.” Allison smiled at her logical thinking. 

The woods they were going to were fifteen minutes 

from Clarie's house, so her mom drove them and said 

she’d pick them up around 1:00. The woods were 

almost silent, apart from the rustling leaves on the 

trees and crunching under their feet, and the birds. 

Claire and Allison chatted a little bit, but mainly they 

just enjoyed the peace and quiet. Allison watched the 

ground when she walked, because she was really 

clumsy, and was afraid of tripping. She saw something 

shinning underneath the leaves. 

“Claire wait!” Allison yelled ahead, startling Claire. Turning 

to walk back to Allison, her face was curious as Allison 

picked up the shinning gold object. “What is it?” Claire 

asked looking over Allison’s shoulder. “It looks like-“Allison 

paused shaking the dirt off of it. “Like a watch, a pocket 

watch." Allison decided. "Huh, that's weird. 

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