{"id":1295,"date":"2012-10-08T08:22:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T08:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averral.com\/blog\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2012-10-08T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T08:25:43","slug":"the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-town\/","title":{"rendered":"The Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is a little town
\nIn the middle of no where
\nThat no one knew
\nWhere it was.<\/p>\n

The township wanted to attract more visitors
\nThe town was dead and ailing
\nBusinesses were crumbling
\nThe inhabitants lifeless<\/p>\n

The town council held a meeting
\nTo think of ways and means
\nTo increase visitors to the town<\/p>\n

They thought of all ideas and plans
\nBut they could not figure out how.<\/p>\n

A little girl came up with an idea one day.
\n“Why not, we paint the town in rainbow colours, and call it Magic Town?”<\/p>\n

The adults thought it was a splendid idea
\nSo splendid, that everyone took part in painting the town
\nIn different shades of colours
\nThey even painted their houses in enthusiasm!<\/p>\n

After painting their town, they waited for visitors to arrive.
\nThey waited.
\nand waited.
\nBut no one came.<\/p>\n

The little girl closed the town in a box
\nAnd they did not see sunlight again.<\/p>\n

\u2014-<\/p>\n

Written in The Little Black Book (2010) in Melbourne, Australia as part of Melbourne\u2019s Emerging Writers Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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