While all these stories are considerably different, one thing is always consistent. George was not found previously, currently, or in the ever-shortening expanse, we call the future. I have collected all these various tales and myths over the course of my time on this earth. I call this collection "George Not Found". I can only hope you will cherish these stories and share them with the world, as I would have if I had had more time on this earth. - Anonymous

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  Off in a small town in Tennesse, an alarm blared in a little house on the outskirts. The red-haired girl it belonged to, got out of bed and slapped the alarm clock into silence. Her wavy hair fell over her shoulders as she did so. She shook her head, trying to awaken herself, and stalked across the hallway to the bathroom. She brushed her hair, which always seemed to be in a constant state of want. Then she put it in a neat midlength braid and brushed her teeth. That finished she quietly slipped downstairs, trying to ignore the way her head kept incessantly pounding.




  She swiped a handful of jerky, considering it to be much healthier and more empowering than the average on-the-go breakfast of cereal or pop tarts. How do people even consider pop tarts a breakfast? George incredulously wondered. Wrinkling her nose at the thought as she grabbed her adventuring pack. It was full of food supplies like pemican bars, which were just Jerky, fat, and various dried fruits for taste; and Hardtack, although its technical name was Sea Biscuits George much preferred the term Bread Bricks. She also had 200 - 300 feet of paracord, a compass, flint and steel, dry tinder, and a small book of maps that showed the vast expanse of Tennesse for hundreds of miles around.




  Satisfied that all her hiking supplies were in order George checked her tackle box and found a place for it in her pack as well. Although George disliked most collapsable fishing rods, there was one she could stand and she packed it as well. That settled she wrote a note to her parents that said gone fishing. Just the thought of fresh lake air made her feel better, it was always so stuffy in the little two-story house. Sometimes she wondered why she always came back to it, walked back into the normal world. It’s not that her parents were by any means bad, but that nature seemed to be better even though it could be cruel at times.




  That day she wondered the same thoughts, though she knew in the end that she would always end up back at the little two-story house as long as she lived under its roof. How long she stayed away was another story, however. So she slung her pack over her shoulders, gently brought the front door to, and gingerly swiped her walking stick as the sun rose. It was a truly beautiful sight, and George set out with the sun’s rays starting to trickle through the forest’s edge.




  She quickly found the trail, mostly overgrown and scattered with berry stains, nut hulls leftover from last fall, and animal tracks. The tree cover over the trail was sparse in the beginning but became thicker and more dense as she slowly worked her way to the lake. It wasn’t that the trail was exactly hard, but rather that she wanted to take in all the sights and smells. It was a good forty minutes before George reached her destination. The lake glistened and sparkled, seemingly playing with the sky.




  A red fox greeted her approach, they were old friends. George had nursed her back to health when she had been but a sick little kit and the little fox had never forgotten. If George had her way the vixen would still live with her at home. Her parents, however, wouldn’t stand for it so the fox roamed the lake. This lake was not a bad place for a fox to live, there was plenty of shelter, and the lake provided food during most of the year. George still missed Harper when she wasn’t able to go to the lake regularly. The little fox was so sweet.

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