2010+Thanksgiving+Contest

So here was my submission to last year's Thanksgiving Contest. I did it so I didn't have to do the whole "external" link thing. I won, hehe.

A Not-so-Lonely Thanksgiving

Stan kicked a rock on the cold cobblestone road. Shivering, he tucked his hands even further into his ripping, thin jacket. Settling onto his usual bench for the night, he muttered, “Don’t people have a heart? It’s Thanksgiving.”

It was the forty second holiday that Stan, a homeless man, had spent in the cold. Looking up at the dim streetlight, he felt lonely.

A man in jeans hurried up to him. “You hungry?” The man asked.

Stan jumped back, startled. He was used to being ignored. “Yeah,” Stan said with an embarrassed look on his face.

The man hastily thrust a plastic baggy containing granola bars, juice, and a sandwich at the homeless man.

Stan quickly caught the gift. Peering up at the man, a wave of recognition hit him.

“Come eat with us,” the man invited.

Stan caught the man’s eye. “It’s so nice to see you again, son.”