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She swerved, just barely avoiding the pothole, but not the tree. She closed her eyes and felt herself slam into the tree. She tumbled to the ground. Her ankle seemed to twist under the weight of her body and she cried out in pain. She wiped tears from her eyes and then noticed the caterpillars moving out of her pocket. “No,” she started to say, but they moved quicker than she would have imagined and they seemed to be traveling towards her hurt ankle. She watched as they both formed a circle on her foot and a bright light flashed. She closed her eyes against the light. When she opened it up again, her ankle felt healed. The caterpillars were now in the dirt and they seemed to be forming a word. “Goodbye,” it said, and then they disappeared into the brush. “Goodbye,” she whispered, wondering about the magic that had just happened.


 * The End **