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Prompt: 035. dear diary
1. The last bits of her left in the world were a stuffed lion and her diary. Every entry was started with the words “Dear Diary” and ended with her signing “Love, From Me”.
A. The last bits of her left in the world were a stuffed lion and her diary. Every entry was started with the words “Dear Diary” and ended with her signing “Love, From Me”.
It was too painful for them to see the lion or the diary. They put them in a box along with their memories of her and tried to get on with their lives.
They never spoke of her, and gradually people began to forget that she’d ever existed. And that was sad, but a relief as well. She’d become a burden bearing down on them and sometimes the memories were too painful.
It felt good to smile.
2. “Dear Diary, today I met the man of my dreams” was spoken into the dark stillness, followed by a disbelieving laugh.
A. “Dear Diary, today I met the man of my dreams” was spoken into the dark stillness, followed by a disbelieving laugh. “Oh man, I can’t believe she actually wrote this crap. I’m going to make her life hell.”
“We shouldn’t be reading her diary. You should put it back.”
“Oh wah. Don’t worry about it. As long as she doesn’t know we looked at it, we’ll be fine.”
3. “Oh dear, I think you’re going to need a new diary. It looks like someone spilled coffee on this one.”
A. “Oh dear, I think you’re going to need a new diary. It looks like someone spilled coffee on this one.”
He stared at the black and white striped diary in his hands and felt helpless tears brimming in his eyes. He’d only been allowed to have it because it didn’t look too girly, but it still made him feel like he’d have pretty things someday. There was no way he was ever going to have anything so nice again.
“Since that’s looking a bit worse for wear, why don’t you take this one.” A white diary with blue and black polka dots all over it was waved under his nose. “I already paid for it.”
