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Outside the hospital, maple leaves glowed red
and gold. I watched them through the window and

thought: It’s strange how leaves are brightest the

moment before they fall.
“Come and look,” I said. “It’s really pretty.”

“I don’t want to look,” Grandpa thundered. “I’m

not allowed out.”
I was visiting him in hospital all by myself.

I’d been there lots of times with Dad. So I knew

how to get there. First you take the subway. Then
you catch a red bus and get off when you see the

church on the hill to your left.

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