“I remember the first story he ever wrote me,” she said with a big smile. “
‘Once upon a time, there was a boy.’” She let out a long chuckle.
“I remember too,” I said. As weird as this feels to say, I was really happy the memory had survived the crash.
“I told him it could use a little development, so the next day he brought me another story,” she said. “
‘Once upon a time, there was a boy who wanted to fly.’”
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Chris Colfer,
Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal