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Chapter Three - Trespassing

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  Aristide of Firewright Chapter Three    Written by: Arash Mashhadi Illustrations by: Parmida Vahdatnia Edited by: Selva Safineh CHAPTER THREE Trespassing      The darkness had befallen the forest of Firewright and the moonlight gave a silver shimmer to every branch and leaf.   Aristide had been walking for as long as he could remember at a slow pace. It must’ve been the entire day. He could barely keep himself on his feet but he pushed further nonetheless. He wasn’t sure where he was going, but he went on.   His feet hurt. The leather shoes he wore were two sizes too big for him, as they originally belonged to Philo, like most of his clothes. He had gotten used to wearing oversized clothes at this point.   He thought Philo was there to stay. But he lost him all over again. He thought about his family together. They were drinking and toasting, all four of them. Mother, pa, Philo, and Aristide.   They must be toge...
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Chapter Two - Patriots

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Aristide of Firewright  Chapter Two   Written by: Arash Mashhadi Illustrations by: Parmida Vahdatnia Edited by: Selva Safineh Story by: Arash & Parmida   CHAPTER TWO Patriots     For the first time in a while, Aristide felt like he had a family again.   Not that he didn’t enjoy his time with his Pa, but he felt like he had to be something that he was not to have any conversation with him.   That, however, was not the case with Philo in the house.    As the owls started hooting under the pale moonlight, Aristide laid on his bed with a stomach full of buttered chicken, and a mind empty of anxious thoughts. He started digging in his right pocket, to get the wooden figure out, a habit he had developed over time.     Although he had closed the door behind him, Aristide could hear Pa and Philo talk in the small living room. They used to smoke and discuss events in the village. Crops and harvest, the weather, and the news o...
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