Fireflies
Personal memory by Barbara Pothier
1958 • Rumford, RI, USA
Fireflies on warm summer nights would blink all over our backyard. It was a wonder and we loved it. My family still owns that house and there aren't fireflies to enchant the newest generation of children. Such a shame.
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