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The paths that she had dreamed of, a million times, lay winding ahead the breeze ran gently through her silver locks as she gently ambled on lots had changed all around big concrete houses, speeding cars and people who did not stop or smile.. She was again the 8 year old that hopped, jumped and ran all the way to school white butterflies, brown snails and blue bottom beetles floated around also her friends in green and white school uniforms with ponytails and big smiles no one to take care of, all the time, anymore and no one taking care of, all the time, anymore the summer breeze seemed to know of the 70 years that had passed and so did the carefree golden fields that danced on and on anyway
Manoj Chenn is an engineer by training and an information technologist by profession. Hailing originally from India, Manoj lives in Germany and works as a tech major. Manoj seldom misses the chance to curl up with a good book, and some of his favourite authors are John Steinbeck, Douglas Adams and Walt Whitman.