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My name is Davy

  My name is Davy I woke up sweaty from my dream, I always woke from my dreams. Mammy was alive again. I always cry after. I'm cold. I know there's no food in the house. I'm going hungry to school again. I hope my friend John has extras again. It's hard to concentrate on school. I've seen furniture in the house is always going missing. Daddy said the place looked tidier. Daddy says he really misses mammy now that she's gone. We went to her grave after. He got me to pick some flowers on the way. He asked me to sing her the song she loved me singing. Daddy cried again. The sofa daddy likes to snooze on was gone now. He says he prefers the bare floor. I wanted to watch telly but it's gone now too. We had lots of new things when Daddy was working in the big factory. He's an important man there. He says after the old boss retired his son was only interested in money. Then mam got sick. The house is colder. Daddy was shouting on the phone, "Give me ...

Beware the rubber stamp

In an advanced civilisation in the distant past, a government council enacted laws to benefit everyone, promoting sharing and dividing labour. Two miles beneath the surface, miners toiled in a dangerous environment where only the most formidable individuals dared to venture. Long shifts and hard work toughened these men. They earned good wages and gained respect within the community. The entire civilisation relied on the black gold they extracted from the ground with shovels and picks. A labour gang of muscular men had just finished their 15-hour shift deep in the mines, caked in coal dust from the mine walls. They drank copious amounts of alcohol at a rough bar known for frequent fights. During one extraordinary drunken session, they jokingly created a list of how they would change society. A bear-sized man stood up, raised his arm, and belched. Laughter erupted; these men lacked social graces. The shaft hand, Trapend, announced while still on his feet, "I'm tired of seeing o...