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A Perfect Little Girl

She was a perfect little girl, or so she tried. Her mother always told her she had dreamed of two daughters but her firstborn was a son. Her mother could only afford two children on her husbandā€™s factory-worker salary. SHE was born. Her second child was herĀ hope. Her fantasized daughter became her motherā€™s ears and […]