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Dead body discovery

The Importance of Doing the Right Thing, Even When It's Scary

By Mike LundgreenPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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It was a typical summer day in the small town of Millville. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the children were out playing in the fields behind their houses. A group of five friends, Alex, Sarah, Jake, Lily, and Max, had been running around for hours, playing tag and pretending to be superheroes.

As the afternoon wore on, they decided to explore a nearby wooded area that they had never been to before. They ran through the trees, laughing and shouting, until they came across a clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a body.

The children stopped in their tracks, shocked and terrified by what they had found. They had heard stories of people disappearing in the woods, but they never imagined they would actually come across something so horrifying.

They huddled together, unsure of what to do next. Finally, Sarah spoke up. "We have to tell someone," she said.

"But who?" Max asked. "We can't just go to the police. They'll think we did it."

Jake suggested they tell their parents, but Lily pointed out that their parents would also suspect them of wrongdoing.

The group sat in silence for a few minutes, trying to think of a solution. Finally, Alex spoke up. "I have an idea," he said. "We can go to Mrs. Wilson's house. She's always been really nice to us, and I'm sure she'll know what to do."

Mrs. Wilson was an elderly woman who lived alone in a house at the edge of town. The children had never been to her house before, but they knew where it was.

They set off in a hurry, walking quickly through the woods and across a few streets until they arrived at Mrs. Wilson's house. She was sitting on her front porch, sipping a glass of lemonade.

"Hello, children," she said with a smile. "What brings you here today?"

The group looked at each other nervously, unsure of how to begin. Finally, Alex spoke up. "Mrs. Wilson, we found something really bad in the woods. We don't know what to do."

Mrs. Wilson listened patiently as the children told her about the body they had found. She didn't seem shocked or scared like they were. Instead, she nodded thoughtfully and asked them to show her where they had found it.

The children led her through the woods to the clearing where the body lay. Mrs. Wilson approached it carefully, studying it for a few moments before turning back to the children.

"It looks like this person has been dead for a while," she said. "I'm going to call the police and have them come out here to investigate."

The children breathed a sigh of relief, glad that someone older and wiser was taking charge of the situation. They waited with Mrs. Wilson until the police arrived and told them everything they knew.

As the officers investigated the scene, the children sat on the ground, holding hands and comforting each other. They couldn't believe they had stumbled upon something so tragic, but they were glad they had done the right thing by telling someone.

After a few hours, the police finished their investigation and the body was removed. Mrs. Wilson took the children back to her house and gave them cookies and milk, telling them they were brave for doing the right thing.

As the sun began to set and the children's parents came to pick them up, they knew that they would never forget

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