Long Lost Flashcards
If her dad was offering ice cream, he must be trying to cheer up the one-fourth of the family that was going to be an archeologist-historian and eat whatever it wanted.
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Well, new things always take some getting used to.
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With the dust ruffle in place, no one would spot the hidden medal at all.
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This looked like a house that belonged to rich, strange, secretive people
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The gray-haired people all turned to stare at her.
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It was the perfect spot to dive into a mystery novel.
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Leaning against the trunk for balance, she sawed through the hair with the knife’s sharp blade.
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They lingered on the meadow’s cool grass, nibbling popcorn from paper sacks as the starry sky grew darker, and the great striped tents billowed to the ground.
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You had better hope that your sister is safe, and that there isn’t a spook from a silly old tale wandering around the town tonight.
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If there was light on either side, the girls could see straight through, and they could speak clearly without anyone overhearing, even when they’d been banished to their separate rooms.
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Then who’s going to help me get our library cards?
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It unwound, leaving nothing but a kinked spot in the lace
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The clamor of the storm had woken him, and something in the air, something heavy and watchful, refused to let him sleep again.
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It had a leather cover, and a drawing of a forest on the front…
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She was just pretending to turn a page when her phone buzzed.
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I just think it’s so interesting that this whole library used to be somebody’s house.
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Just below the surface, the spade struck something - something as pale and delicate as bone, with a coating that seemed to glimmer softly.
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The story cut off in the middle of a sentence, leaving all its mysteries unsolved.
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I think this whole old town remembers things.
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Why did it always take four times as long to clean something up as it took to make a mess of it in the first place?
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It has a lot of great illustrations, maps and charts and old photos.
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I had to move here because of you.
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After you’ve chased a strange dog through the woods and watched it sneak into a weird old library, you don’t just stop there.
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And just past the corner of its gilded frame, drilled into the wall, was a small, round hole.
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I always return in to the third floor, where it belongs, and eventually it pops up somewhere else.
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When they don’t know a whole story, they make one up.
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It’s always more satisfying to see evidence firsthand, isn’t it?
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For now, we’ll just say that you owe me a big favor, and when I ask for it, you won’t say no.
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KEEP DIGGING.
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The dog turned away again, pawing harder at the roots of the tree.
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Underneath was the gleam of mother-of-pearl.
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You said you know everything about this town.
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Still, it was nice to sit in a booth in a warm diner, drinking cocoa and trying to solve a puzzle with a … well, not a friend.
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Ghosts are just parts of the past that haven’t stopped happening.
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I know.
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All of this news the family put out themselves.
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She threw out a hand, catching herself on the banister and dropping the octopus night-light.
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This all started because you wouldn’t listen to me and got us both into trouble.
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But only one of them disappeared.
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The other sealed and buried their story deep inside herself, where no one but her sister could have ever reached.
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You wanted it to be true so badly, you almost made yourself believe it.
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A girl with fog-pale skin, a black cloak, and trailing dark hair clasped the cistern’s side.
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I’m going to my sister’s skating practice today.
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