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FATE OR RANDOM CHANCE?

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It is the summer of 2001, in a small rural town in Northern England, when something very remarkable happens. On this day, Laura Buxton is enjoying a party for her grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary.

What is Laura doing? Laura is enjoying a party for her grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary.

Laura seems to be just an average girl from an average rural town, but something very strange is happening that day. She is thinking about doing something silly.

What is she thinking about? She Is thinking about doing something silly.

She gets a red balloon and is writing, Please return to Laura Buxton on one side and her address on the other side. Laura and her friends are just thinking that they are being silly. They are thinking that the balloon will float just a little way down the road and fall to the ground. But it isn’t just going down the road.

Is the balloon just going down the road? No, the balloon isn’t just going down the road.

It is floating all the way out of town, into the next town, then further to the next town, and on and on until it floats to the other side of the country.

Is the balloon floating to France? No, the balloon isn’t floating to France. It’s floating to the other side of the country.

By the time it is finally floating back down, the balloon is 232 kilometers away in the South of England.

Is it floating to the North of England? No, it’s not floating to the North of England. It’s floating to the South of England.

It is landing in a tree between two houses.

Where is the balloon landing? The balloon is landing in a tree between two houses.

A neighbor is picking it up. He is thinking about throwing it into the trash when he sees the address and message written on the balloon. ?Laura Buxton, Oh my God, he thinks. The little girl who lived next door to him is also named Laura Buxton.

What is the neighbor thinking about doing with the balloon? He is thinking about throwing the balloon in the trash.