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Dead Letters to Tomorrow
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Edwin decided the slot was a trick, maybe a prank from the new postmaster. He marched next door to ask his neighbor Rosa if she'd seen anyone sneaking around his porch that morning.
Rosa hadn't seen anyone. But she told Edwin the old post office was set to be torn down next week to build a parking lot. If the slot was real, he was running out of time to use it. They hurried back to take a closer look.
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They found the demolition crew already measuring the building. Edwin begged for one more week, and the foreman shrugged and agreed. That night Edwin slid a note through the slot asking how to save the old post office for good. He had until dawn for an answer.
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