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People always say, "don't be afraid of the dark, be afraid of what's in it"
That thought doesn't apply to me. What people don't realize is that the dark protects us,
It shields us from the monsters, it hides their terrifying faces from us.
It protects us from them
Children always stray towards the light, they think the light will keep the monsters away.
The children are wrong.
When the light shines it illuminates the monsters face.
The darkness is a beautiful secret.
The light is a cold, hard truth.
My life was always in the dark. I was safe from the monsters.
Emphasis on 'WAS'.
Because the day the test from the doctors office came, a bright light was shone on me and my Mom.
But the true monster didn't show it's face until the doctors told my mother how much it would cost to get the surgery that could save her life.
My name is Nylah Yond and this is the story of a girl, me, and her dog, Purgatory, who enter a dog show in order to pay for her mother's life saving surgery.

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