A new pet
In honor of my grandmother's 99th birthday, I am publishing here one of the stories from the children's book I wrote for her two years ago.'Grandma, what is that?''Oh, that's Boris, my new pet. What a cutie, huh?'For a moment I don't know what to say. With open mouth, I stare at the large crocodile lying half under the coffee table. The other half looks at me eagerly.'Has he eaten yet?' I ask shiv...
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