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Rabbit foot Bill.(Short story)
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Queen's Quarterly
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December 22, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Queen's Quarterly. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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BILL never likes to leave town the same way twice. He strides out with an urgency I find hard to match. He leads me through the tamarack woods. He leads me through the meadow bog. He leads me through the tall prairie grasses. He leads me across the swift, shallow river. I usually have to run to keep him in my sight.
We have been friends for a year--Bill and I--and although people don't approve, we are friends anyway. I like that Bill isn't bothered by what people say. Mostly he is just worried that someone will follow him out of town and see where he lives.
The reasons why people don't like my being friends with Bill are these: first, because he is a man and I am a ...
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