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Authors: David Parmelee
“I believe I would, Anna,” he said. Â
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The sea is a thief; we know that it is. Â From Anna it took a father, a teacher, a small boat, and a new love. Â Sometimes, though, the sea is like a cluttered house: it does not steal, but only hides. Â In moments of rare calm, it hears faintly the strongest pleadings of our hearts, and yields back to us those things we love the most. Â With reluctant fingers, it tosses them back onshore. Â So it had done for Anna Daisey. Â The sea had seen fit to send back her Sam. Â She would not let it steal him again. Â