The Golden Farce
The fever came with the frost. It sat in my chest like a stone, cold and immovable. I was twelve years old. The road was white. The sky was the color of bruised iron. I carried the box. It was heavy. Heavier than a boy should carry. My hands bled through the wool gloves. The blood froze on the leather straps. I did not stop. To stop was to die. To stop was to let the cold take the thing. The...
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