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The Lantern That Walked Home
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Wren reached for the handle, but the lantern bumped her hand and shook side to side. Not this door. It floated to a second door she hadn't seen, hidden in the long grass, and glowed steadily over that one instead, sure of itself now.
Wren crossed the grass and knocked on the second door. It opened on a small candlelit room where a little girl sat waiting. "You came," the girl said, beaming. "I sent the lantern to find a friend." She took Wren's hand, and the lantern rose to the rafters and hung there, glowing soft and content, finally where it belonged.
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