Assignment:
Write just one paragraph. It is meant to be the first paragraph of a brand-new story of yours in which we are introduced to a character -- or a place --
The moon, shining as bright as a lantern, led her that fateful night. Completely lost in thought, she leisurely walked along the empty streets, making her way to the seawall. She’d already become homesick the first week of being back in her native country, Guyana. She missed the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle: the bodegas that never closed, the people that never slept, the lights that never turned off, the sirens that always sang continuously and the trains that always ran. She loved Guyana, in her heart she would always call it home, but from the time that she was a little girl, there was an incomprehensible eeriness that she’d always felt shadowing her. So when she moved to America at the tender age of thirteen, she remembered feeling a sense of relief as soon as she saw the bountiful lights of the restless city from the plane window. Now she was back, entrusted with taking care of the loathsome hag, her grandmother, Petunia. A cool breeze sprinted past her just as she thought of her. Between her appearance and her home, Petunia had grown even more eldritch over the years. Everything about her grandmother rubbed her the wrong way, especially now that she had been relegated to such a state that she barely spoke. And when she did speak, she would squarely look her in the eyes and rasp one thing over and over, “I made a deal with the moon!”
Trudie
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