The narrator describes their neighbor Sam, an intelligent boy who always participated in class. One day, Sam came to class without speaking and stared at a photo of a blonde girl smiling. That night, the narrator heard a girl laughing and saw Sam walking before he was hit by a car. When the narrator went outside, they found only the photo of the same blonde girl.

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A strange picture
I was at school with my neighbor as any other spring day. He was a good child; he
was intelligent and always participated in the class.
One day, he entered the class without saying a word. He sat in his desk and he
stayed looking at picture. When that school day finished, we walked together to
our homes. He did not stop looking at that photo. In that photo there was a blonde
girl with a big smile.
That girl was doing …
I asked him who that girl was and he told me that the girl was his girlfriend and
that he was looking for her.
That night, while I was in my bed, I heard a girl laughing so I got up and started
looking out of my window and I saw Sam walking on the street. A few seconds
later, a car passed and crashed him. He immediately died. I ran out of my house,
but I just saw the photo. I took it and saw the same girl doing …
Gianmarco Polzella