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    Sarah and the Magic Beans
    Sarah and the Magic Beans
    Sarah and the Magic Beans
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    Sarah and the Magic Beans

    By Merri Hiatt

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    Sarah Carpenter has three days to pay her rent and less than four dollars in her checking count. To take her mind off her troubles, she heads to the local farmer’s market a mile from her apartment. A mysterious woman offers her a lavender pouch filled with contents unknown. Instructions to come back in one week and either return the pouch with the items inside or pay five dollars follow. Sarah takes the pouch. In doing so, she opens herself to the promise of hope and the gift of believing in magic. This short story is approximately 7,000 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMerri Hiatt
    Release dateAug 10, 2012
    ISBN9781476083193
    Sarah and the Magic Beans
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    Merri Hiatt

    Merri Hiatt grew up in a small town near Shasta Valley in Northern California. Upon moving to the Pacific Northwest in Washington state, Merri fell in love with the mountains, ocean, rain and lush greenery. Merri credits her high school creative writing teacher with giving her the nudge to pursue writing. BOOKS WRITTEN BY MERRI HIATT: PROPOSAL SERIES: Sweet Proposal, Jaded Proposal (coming soon!), Midnight Proposal (coming soon!); LOVE IN THE AIR TRILOGY: Runway Romance, Love on the Fly (Passion at 30,000 Feet coming soon); SEASONS OF LOVE SERIES: Summer Love, Autumn Love, Winter Love, Spring Love; CELEBRATING LOVE TRILOGY: 14 Love Letter Lane, 21 Romance Way, 28 Passion Boulevard; EMBRACING LOVE TRILOGY: When Love's at Work, When Love's at Home, When Love's at Play, When Love's on Vacation (Sequel one), When Love's Gone Country (Sequel two); MANGADARTH TRILOGY: Marayah's Return, City Reborn, My Mother's Eyes; Kat Burglar, a romance novella; Mama Lives in My Hair, a short story about life and death; Sarah and the Magic Beans, a short story about magic and hope; The Magical Christmas Cookies, a short story about hope; Santa Hates Seattle, a short story about hope and second chances; Puddle of Poetry (sixty-two poems from sassy to sensitive to serious); Food So Good, You'll Never Know It's Good For You, 11 Recipes and Tips; and Potato Chip Princess, a young adult short story. Visit Merri's website at http://merrihiatt.com Merri states: "I am a lover of all emotions. They swim and spin around my head with abandon. What fun to let the words these feelings bring forth play along my tongue and whisper into the still of the night. When I capture them on paper, it is a joy and one of my favorite ways to spend time."

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      Sarah and the Magic Beans - Merri Hiatt

      Sarah and the Magic Beans

      By Merri Hiatt

      Copyright 2012 Merri Hiatt

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. All characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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      Cover image credit: Elena Schweitzer/Shutterstock.com

      Visit Merri Hiatt’s website! http://merrihiatt.com

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      For all the amazingly hopeful fools

      who plant beans

      and wait for a beanstalk to grow

      # # #

      Chapter One

      Sarah Carpenter opened the cupboard knowing all she would find was an expired can of tuna and a bag of stale tortilla chips. She looked inside anyway.

      Magic beans. Jack traded a cow for them. She closed the door and leaned her head against it. I just need a handful of magic beans.

      Even her tears had dried up, allowing no way for the pain to find release. She had less than four bucks in her checking account. Rent was due in three days. At least the electric bill is already paid.

      Sarah gathered up the Sunday paper and flipped to the employment section. She would have used the internet for her job search but she had to cancel it, along with her

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