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Z. E. S. Carothers

Short Stories
- Randy and Sarah (Part 1)
- Radia (Part 1)

Randy and Sarah (Part 1)
         by Z. E. S. Carothers
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From the outside the house looked damp and dingy but on the inside it was warm and cozy.

When you walked in, the first room was the living room. It had a big fire place that lit up the room at night. Randy’s parents made a big couch out of the animal skins his mother had hunted down. There was a desk that sat next to the kitchen door. Randy kept his fathers sword hung up over the fireplace. He kept his fathers old fishing nets under the desk.

The kitchen was very common, with a fireplace specifically designed for cooking food. Randy kept his cups, dishes, and utensils in cupboards. Randy loved to spice up his food so he had lots of spices stored in the kitchen. He also had mushrooms stored in big baskets on the counters.

Randy had a very nice bed room. His bed was a mountain of animal furs and Randy used the top layer of them as a blanket. He kept his mothers bow and arrows near his bed. He had lots of shelves that he kept his rare stones and miniature items. In order to light up his room, Randy used lots of candles.

When randy got home he was exhausted, but he had had a wonderful day. He ate some mushrooms and lit a fire in the living room. He then plopped himself on the couch. Randy pulled out the red stone necklace and started looking it over. He moved it around in his hands feeling it over. He noticed the smooth edges on the round side and the raggedy edges on the straight side.

Before he knew it, Randy was tired and had to go to bed. While lying in bed he thought about the cave were Sarah and he found the necklaces. He thought to himself "why didn’t I take any of the diamonds on the wall, why did I take the necklace, and why did Sarah also take the other necklace?" With a yawn and a long sigh he fell strait asleep.

The next morning Sarah came over. The two kids went fishing up stream from Randy’s house. They had a special place to go fishing, they also swam there. This place was special because it was a pool at the base of a waterfall. The falls were not more than 20 feet high. That whole part of the river was made up of large smooth rocks. This made the water a crystal clear blue color.

At that area of the river it was very narrow. Randy used this to his advantage by stretching his fishing nets across the river from one side to the other. Randy and Sarah swam up stream, under the water falls, hoping to scare the fish into the nets.

After swimming around for about an hour they lied out in the sun and told silly jokes to each other. They didn’t spend that long lying there because all of a sudden it began to rain. The clouds had rolled in out of no where. The kids got up, grabbed the fishing nets and started running to Randy’s house.

Randy’s house was a lot closer than Sarah’s. They ran inside the little hut.

"Not again! It’s just like yesterday." Randy said, seeming quite mad indeed.

"Only this might be a little worse than yesterday." Sarah said.

"I don’t have much food to eat, but I can start a fire." Randy said.

"Oh, that’s fine by me. I just hope this weather dies down before sunset. If it doesn’t I might have to stay over night." Sarah exclaimed.

Sarah had spent the night many times before.

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