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Tag Archives: rations
“An Honest-To-Goodness Bicycle”
Christmas, 1943. There’s a war going on. Steel and rubber are rationed; manufacturing plants are working twenty-four-hour days pumping out war materials, and Santa has brought me, a fourteen-year-old Iowa farm boy, an honest-to-goodness bicycle. Upon close inspection, I realize … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story
Tagged 1943, bicycle, Christmas, Iowa farm boy, rations, rubber, steel, World War II
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