50wordstories.ca » children https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Think of the Children! https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=307 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=307#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:20:47 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=307 “Save my children!” screamed the woman as the firemen carried her out.

Hank went back in.

Avoiding a sudden fireball to his right, he slips through a hole in the wall to his left, into the next room. Looking around, he sees them.

“Dolls,” he snarls as the building collapses.

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