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“Finn, Wake up!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. “ Shut-up Ellie, I’m coming I’m coming!” Finn murmured back. He was still half asleep so I started jumping on him. All of a sudden my mom opened the door. “Come on you two, get dressed!” she said calmly. So I put on my fancy Pink dress with all the ruffles that my Aunt Kate had given me for my birthday while Finn just wore his same old jeans and a t-shirt. When Finn was finished getting dressed I watched him as he ran down the stairs and out the door. I always liked following him so that’s just what I did. I ran down the stairs just like he had. Then I put on my purple Mary Jane’s and followed him all the way down the road until we reached the lake. All of a sudden I stepped on a twig and it cracked. Finn turned around in a fury and screamed at me angrily, “Why are you here Ellie?” “I just wanted to see what you were doing.” I replied timidly. “Go Home!” Finn shouted even more annoyed than before. So I ran as fast as I could until I found a place to hide behind a big willow tree right near the lake. I watched him - his every move. At first he just sat on the bank reading his book and watching the ducks, what he loves to do on a sunny July day. But, then finally he got up and went over to a big pile of stones, picking up eight or ten. Slowly, he walked over to the lake, and one by one he started to skip the stones into the water. But, as soon as he reached for stone three he turned around as if he heard me, he looked me right in the eye but didn’t even act as if he had seen anything. He turned around and then started skipping that stone, too. He threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back. I wasn’t sure if I had seen it correctly so I ran over and knelt on the edge of the lake behind Finn. I was so afraid he would see me but he was to busy staring at the stone as it continued back to shore. As the stone skidded back to the top of his foot he picked it up. He ran away as fast as his little legs could carry him with that one magic stone in his hand. I watched him until I could no longer see him in the distance. Then, slowly I started walking home with only a few thoughts in my head, the one magic stone and this strange July day.
 * __Strange Day in July__**