The Controversy: A Short Story

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It was a late fall night in 1970 and I was driving home from a camping trip with my wife. We were talking about all the chores we have to do when we get home like feed all the animals and clean the house up to make it look presentable. We were deep into our conversation when a grey streak bolted out from the bushes and I swerved. The tires screeched, and we crashed into a on the other side of the road. I asked my wife Lisa if she was alright and she said, “Yeah I'm fine.” I told her to get out and lets check if we have any wounds and check out whatever ran out into the road. We got out and I looked at my brand new Chevrolet Stingray: It was destroyed. My one week old brand new car that I spent my whole paycheck on is sitting on the side of the road …show more content…

My wife and I started to walk home and we would deal with all this in the morning after all it was very late and we were both very tired, stunned, and confused. We walked the mile from the road to our house. There is never any cars in this rural area beside mine and maybe a passerby every once in awhile. We put on our pajamas and Lisa fell asleep in my arms. I however could not sleep I just kept thinking about the squirrel and thinking did I hit my head? I checked my head and noticed I did not have any cuts and I was not bleeding anywhere. After checking to see if I am okay I checked my wife and she was clean of cuts and bruises. I felt better that I had checked us and we are fine. I fell asleep around 1 am and had weird dreams all night long. One was about the weird squirrel thanking me on how I had saved him and something about he will repay me. I blew if off believing it was only a dream but when I woke up I made myself breakfast and while my wife was still sound asleep in bed. I made my lunch and went outside to see my Stingray as perfect as it was when I got it. I was

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