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So begins my annual Sibling Revelry vacation . 😉 You can click on the link to see what it’s like. The pictures I take this year will be pretty much the same as last year, beach, sister-in-law, brother and fur babies.
With the Summer Olympics in the forefront, I went with a story about an Olympian I’d never heard for before. A swimmer, of course.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
“Lay down. You are sick,” said Dad.
“But I’m not—”
“Do as I say!”
When they came for her, Dad told the Pro-Nazi Arrow Crossman, “She is the swimming champion of Hungary, and one day you will be happy you saved her life.”
“She’s a Jew.” The officer’s eyes flashed—one brown, one gray. Yet, he let her live.
In 1950 Eva Szekely won a gold medal for the 100m freestyle on Margaret Island in Budapest. A special prize was presented by the major of the communist political police. He smiled at her, eyes shining—one brown, one gray.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 