This is a sweet short story about a boy, Ernest, who for the first 1o years of his life, just exists. He is raised by two old women, both of whom don't seem to know how to express emotions other than sorrow. Then one day, a new girl comes to school, . Full of life and spunky she declares that she will marry Ernest one day. Gradually, Ernest learns to explore the world around him, to live and to love and to discover a future ripe with promise.

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