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    Magic Dice
    Magic Dice
    Magic Dice
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    Magic Dice

    By Charles Sterling

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    She rolled her magic dice every morning. The number that it landed on was how her day was destined to turn out. The dice never lied. The dice's number is absolute. For twelve years, this never changed.

    Until one day, it did.

    This is an endearing short story about an artist girl that wished for the power to see into the near future. The fairy granted her that power in the form of a single die. It is the kind of story that you read in a cozy sweater with a cup of tea and a cat on your lap that leaves you incredibly satisfied after it's over.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Sterling
    Release dateSep 26, 2019
    ISBN9780463868256
    Magic Dice
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    Charles Sterling

    Young author of fiction and fantasy. His full length novels are wild like block busters, and his short stories are endearing like fairy tales.

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      Magic Dice - Charles Sterling

      Magic Dice

      By

      Charles Sterling

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      Magic Dice

      She was of quite imaginative age when the dice first came about. One delightful night, she saw a shooting star from her window. Having applied what was taught to her, she kneeled by her bed with her hands locked in front of her, and prayed.

      I wish I could know what the future holds, she said out loud. I wish I knew what to do every day.

      Hello there, deary, said a pleasant woman’s voice. When she looked around her candle-lit room to see who it was, she saw a glowing orange fairy flying with flickering wings. The wings dropped glittering stardust that disappeared inches before hitting the floor.

      Who are you? said the little girl.

      Imagine calling your mother, ‘mother, come here!’ and then when she comes you say, ‘who are you?’ I would be quite astonished!

      I don’t understand, said the little girl.

      Aye, you prayed to the stars to know your future, and I am here to grant it to you.

      The little girl gasped with excitement! What could it be? A notebook? A globe?

      Look under your pillow, said the fairy. What’s under it?

      The little girl jovially jumped upon her bed and removed the

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