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The Lighthouse Keeper
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Mara followed wet footprints leading away from the smashed case, out the library door, and down toward the docks. Whoever took the key was heading for the lighthouse right now. She broke into a run to catch them before they crossed the water.
At the docks she caught up to a nervous young man holding the stolen key. He was the great-grandson of the last keeper. 'The light is my family's job,' he said. 'I came home to take it back. I've been flashing it twice to learn how it works.' Mara offered to help him keep it, and he finally smiled.
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