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"All those years ago... "

It was long past time to get up. It was long past time to put out the week's garbage. It was long past time for him to be leaving. 

The silo that is. He was stuck in the silo, fast asleep. I sighed, and schlepped the garbage out to the road. It was an especially large load, on account of its being three week's worth of garbage. That's how long Sylvester had been asleep in the silo. Three weeks and counting. 

I'd been dropping bits of meat down there to him. A cracker or two. A dead mouse his brother had caught and left for him just outside my door. I thought that was so sweet and I praised him to the heavens. 

"You are such a good boy!!! I am so glad I have you in my life. I am very proud of you." He brushed against my thigh and hip as he always did whenever I praised him. It was cute the way he did that. 

It's years later now. The silo is empty, and the brothers are both long gone. 

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This is my entry to @mariannewest's daily freewrite [challenge](https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@mariannewest/day-1845-5-minute-freewrite-thursday-prompt-time-to-get-up). Today's prompt is ***time to get up***. 

As I nearly always do, I set the timer for 4:30 and started writing whatever popped into my head. For the last 30 seconds (or so) I cleaned it up. I thought about running a wewrite contest with this one, because it is obviously not finished, but decided I am too tired for that. I will, however, reward anyone who does finish it. 






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