The Boy With the Toy Sword

At the crowded 4-H fair, Betty notices the toy sword before the boy wearing it. He is a familiar stranger from school, and they have never spoken.

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Betty first noticed the sword before she noticed the boy wearing it.

It hung from his belt at an awkward angle, tapping against his leg as he walked through the crowded 4-H fair. It was obviously a toy—light-colored plastic with a painted handle—but he carried it with such casual confidence that it seemed less like part of a costume and more like something he wore every day.

Betty knew who he was, although they had never spoken.

In a small high school, it was almost impossible not to know someone. You recognized faces from assemblies, names from attendance lists, and voices from the other side of the cafeteria. You knew who played in the band, who always volunteered to move chairs after an event, and who could make an entire row of students laugh without getting caught by the teacher.

Still, knowing of someone was not the same as knowing them.

Until that afternoon, he had simply been a familiar stranger—a boy Betty had passed in hallways without exchanging more than a glance.

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What is The Boy With the Toy Sword about?

At the crowded 4-H fair, Betty notices the toy sword before the boy wearing it. He is a familiar stranger from school, and they have never spoken.

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Who wrote it?

Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.