Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Thirty-Three

The Curse of Morality

by
Alexander M Zoltai

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“The world of humanity is in need of great improvement, for it is a material jungle wherein trees without fruit flourish and useless weeds abound.”  ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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She felt damned. She was sure there was a curse on her.

Others had work, others had families, others did things together…

She was poor, homeless, friendless—had been for as long as she could remember.

Mother was a vague sweet memory—father? No memory. Siblings? No memory.

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