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The Halo
There was a child born on Horse Island with a halo, but nothing much came of it. ------ It was a honey-colored halo like the ones you see in old paintings, but smaller, only four inches across. Its glow was faint. It floated in the air slightly off the child's head, and was fixed there as though by invisible bars. The halo was just a ring of dim light, but to the hand it was solid and smooth as a ring of brass. ------ I was the doctor who delivered the child. I gripped the halo with both hands and told the mother to push as hard as she could. The mother gave a terrible cry, and the baby struggled out on the delivery table trailing the umbilical cord...
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The Halo
There was a child born on Horse Island with a halo, but nothing much came of it. ------ It was a honey-colored halo like the ones you see in old paintings, but smaller, only four inches across. Its glow was faint. It floated in the air slightly off the child's head, and was fixed there as though by invisible bars. The halo was just a ring of dim light, but to the hand it was solid and smooth as a ring of brass. ------ I was the doctor who delivered the child. I gripped the halo with both hands and told the mother to push as hard as she could. The mother gave a terrible cry, and the baby struggled out on the delivery table trailing the umbilical cord...
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The Halo

The Halo

by David Stein
The Halo

The Halo

by David Stein

Overview

There was a child born on Horse Island with a halo, but nothing much came of it. ------ It was a honey-colored halo like the ones you see in old paintings, but smaller, only four inches across. Its glow was faint. It floated in the air slightly off the child's head, and was fixed there as though by invisible bars. The halo was just a ring of dim light, but to the hand it was solid and smooth as a ring of brass. ------ I was the doctor who delivered the child. I gripped the halo with both hands and told the mother to push as hard as she could. The mother gave a terrible cry, and the baby struggled out on the delivery table trailing the umbilical cord...

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781726378314
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 08/29/2018
Pages: 26
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

Author David Stein is also an inventor, best known for his giant Bubble Things and the world-wide bubble sport they inspired (see bubblething.com).
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