The Key Beneath the Flowerpot
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Evelyn
1/19/20251 min read
The key beneath the flowerpot did not open our front door.
It did not open the garage, the shed, or Grandma’s old trunk.
I tried it on the tiny door painted at the bottom of the garden fence.
The door opened inward.
Beyond it was another garden exactly like ours, except it was night.