Flying Fire Short Story

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“ Flying Fire’’ Zoe Clark
I remember that night like it was yesterday. My friends and I were roasting marshmallows as the fire swarmed into the sky. It was late at night around 7 or 8 pm and I was playing with my friends and my sister Olivia. Olivia is very into making a messes so, when we make marshmallows it gets a little messy. So Olivia was making her marshmallow when it caught on fire! It was about two times before she took it out of the fire pit. By now the marshmallow is super sticky and messy! Of course olivia was playing with it. Laughing, I asked , “Olivia, are you ever going to eat it?”
Olivia and I sisters and we usually do everything together but, we are not alike in any ways except for how we look. Olivia always loves to make

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