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.The bus didn't stop—it simply let Mollie slide out, gently like a thought just too heavy to speak. She stepped onto soft ground that said a quiet "yes" with every step, and the air smelled of paper and the moment before a poem. Before her lay a meadow, full of open books. They lay there like sleeping birds, with pages like outstretched wings, ready to take flight if someone read them. Mollie walked among them. Some whispered, others just breathed. But everyone waited. In the middle of the clearing stood a pedestal of glowing wood. On it: a quill. No inkwell, no instructions. "Write," said a voice that came from everywhere and nowhere. "But not with your hand—with your memory." Mollie took the quill. It trembled slightly, like an idea on the verge of courage. Then he began to write – and with each sentence, a book lifted off, tumbling into the sky, circling, and vanishing like a flock of birds from his thoughts. He didn't know what he was writing.
Only that it was true. Truer than anything he had ever said aloud. When he was finished, the meadow was empty. Only one book remained. Its cover was soft, and the title gleamed silver:
"Mollie's Journey - As It Really Was"
He took it, held it to his chest, and knew: words that are allowed to fly always find their way back.