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MICHAEL ROMANO

The Land of the Lost Socks Copyright © 2019 by Michael Romano All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages. ISBN: 9781692602192 2 THE LAND OF THE LOST SOCKS

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CHAPTER ONE THE LAND OF THE LOST SOCKS By Isla Evelyn Since way back, when I was a kid...I'm seven now, well darn close, Mom always had this story about her special magic glitter socks. Then one day, when Grandma got a \"New Fangled electric Dryer\" as mom called is...it up and ate one of her special magic socks. MICHAEL ROMANO 5

Grandma looked inside and out of that \"Infernal Machine\" Mom says, as she re-tells the story, each time we take out a batch of socks and one is missing! I just smile, cause I don't really understand why? Now, this one day, when Mom handed me all the socks to pair up and roll, I came to see that my favorite flower socks which came as two...was now only \"ONE!\" Running back to Mom I held up one sock, waving my other hand a bit nutsy. She shook her head, saying, \"Hurts doesn't it?\" Now, I knew why she was always so unhappy about that sock. Finishing all the remaining pairs, which were \"Exact\" except for mine, put them atop the kitchen table as usual. 6 THE LAND OF THE LOST SOCKS

\"You know,\" I said aloud, \"I'm gonna check every nook and cranny in that blasted dryer before I give up!!” Because of my smaller size, I was able to lean into the dryer pretty far, while having the door wedged open, as Mom told me \"never\" to play inside the dryer. Not a thing to be seen, cleaned out and ... \"Wait!\" \"What the heck is that little sparkle in the far upper corner?\" First, with my finger, I poked at it, only to find my hand completely going into the sparkle! Pulling back, and almost all the way out of the dryer, I thought to myself, \"Aha, the game is afoot!\" Heard that in a Sherlock Holmes mystery movie. (It means \"Now we have a good clue.\") Scootching back even farther into the dryer, reached up and into the tiny twinkling light. MICHAEL ROMANO 7

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As I reached farther, it grew to allow which ever body part was going in. Until I was to my head, then, \"Whooooossshhh!\" I was sitting in a lovely park full of trees, the color of which I’d never seen. Three, four, no six ponds, shimmering as Mom’s water prism in the kitchen window ... and beautiful flowers of every shape and color imaginable, everywhere. Shaking my head trying to figure out where I was, when I heard voices behind me. Turning to face them, what did I see, but half a dozen sock dolls smiling, asking me if I was alright? I said, \"Well, ya know, I was pretty o.k ... .well, till just now,\" with a smile. Nodding with understanding, they took my hand leading me toward the bigger pond. MICHAEL ROMANO 9

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As we arrived at the edge, I could see many socks dropping right out of the sky into theater. \"To see,\" The checkered sock girl said, \"We re-wash all of us when we arrive to make sure all the cooties from wherever are gone.\" \"I understand, but just, where am I?\" \"I wondered when you would ask that. You are in the Land of the Found Socks,\" she said with a bit of pride in her voice. \"We take care of each other here,\" a red and blue striped boy sock said rather protectively. I guess my smiles, even though confused as they were, gave them to trust me. \"Are you staying long,\" someone in the group asked? \"I really don’t know, as I haven’t the slightest clue how to get home. MICHAEL ROMANO 11

A bunch of giggles, gave to this tall polka dot, girl knee sock taking me, again by the hand, showing me approximately where I landed, pointing to this little sparkle in the air just in front of me. \"Will you be leaving us now,\" she asked? \"If you have a little time, we’d love to show you around as it has never happened, us to meet one of your kind.\" Looking around at all the wondrous things, simply nodded yes ... and our adventure was on. END OF CHAPTER ONE \"What a Neat Thing to Be Here\" 12 THE LAND OF THE LOST SOCKS