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The Lending Library of Tomorrows

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Milo stepped outside without borrowing anything. The little door shrank back into plain brick behind him. But that night he kept thinking about it. What if one borrowed day could fix the worst day of his life? The next morning he ran back to the laundromat to look again.

The door was back, but it wouldn't open. "It only opens for you once a day," said a voice. An old man folding laundry watched him kindly. "Come back tomorrow, son." Milo let out a long breath. He could wait one more day. The necklace had waited this long.

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