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A Collection of Short Stories
by Stephen DeVoy
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CONTENTS
Short Stories For Children & Young Adults
Mommy, What Is Government? Page 4
The Life Of Coward
Page 10
The Little Boy Who Did Not
Know Now
Page 18
No One Rules The Truth
Page 22
Why Do Old People Frown?
Page 28
Should I Trust The Police?
Page 38
I Pledge Allegiance To No One Page 44
Why Do Some Children
Believe In Santa Claus?
Page 52
Faggot!
Page 60
Shoplifting
Page 66
Inequality
Page 71
Corporatism
Page 80
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MOMMY, WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?
The sun had just set over the Martian landscape and the thin
atmosphere was still lit with a blue glow. The Castro family had
finished dinner and watched the sun set through the thick
windows of their home, a large structure primarily beneath the
surface, but with one level above where the surface could be
seen. Maria Castro sat on the couch, snuggled against her
mother. The local educational collective had shown an old film
about war on Earth. It was a strange world, Earth, with many
concepts and ideas foreign to Maria. Maria looked up at her
mother and asked, "Mommy, what is government?"
"Something we left behind on Earth, my dear," she replied.
"Why do you ask?"
"I saw a film today about a war on Earth. The film mentioned
the word 'government.' I never heard that word before," said
Maria.
"Well, Maria," said her mother, "I've never li