A Rocket

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Grandpa Tate handed him a stick and told him to play. "It's a horse, or
maybe a fishing pole. You decide."

The 5-year-old examined the stick with suspect thinking it was an odd toy.

"It can be a rocket ship?"

"If you think you can fly it," said the old man.

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From my very short story collection Short Fuse Stories: A Very Short Story Collection

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