Chapter 3!

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As I'm still watching the chickens, they start fighting among themselves over some food. It seems the moment of optimism is gone.

That's such a comical opener!

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Then, seu Antônio interrupts the moment: “I can’t believe Superman isn’t going to save us… He must know that this World Cup was supposed to be Brazil’s fourth title…”

Priorities! lol

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Those players are worse than Wolf!

rotflol I love that they've really adopted him - teasing and nickame and all!

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She pointed at the kids, eager to steal the ball from the opposing team. "As long as they keep dreaming, we still are."

This is so Superman coded - it fits perfectly here!

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I take advantage of the pause in her fast speech to recall the aroma of cookies fresh out of the oven.

Aw, that's such a sweet detail.

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They already took my poetry from me; they're not going to take my sincerity too.

This is such a sad story! But Dalua really has the right ideas under her sadness.

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if the asteroid really does wipe us out, the earth will truly recite her verses across the world when the sand from here spreads.

That's so poetic, as well!

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I think if she had been robbed in a contest, she would have set the judges on fire, not her poetry notebook.

YES!

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The scent my body insisted on remembering, the person I would want to spend the end of the world with.

Awww!

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Our byline, Lane and Kent!

Okay, SO super sweet that he remembers himself only as part of her.

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Seu Conrado and dona Terezinha are hugging and waving at me, and I realize how much I liked this place – these people. I really will have to come back here someday.

That's so sweet, too! It's really great how many different kinds of love you captured in this story.

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If I disappear again, I don't want any city to fall into the kind of chaos Betinho described. That, I suspect, is something the whole world needs to hear and learn.

Powerful broader context here!

This is such a fabulous snapshot that we never got to see on the show - even though we know Clark traveled extensively, and now, Superman certainly does to! So glad that you joined this challenge!


Looking forward to this summer's Location Challenge! Looks like stories are due around August 1st, and then polls open for voting!

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