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300 word story- alligator sanctuary

Judi Henckel’s 300 word story

I’ve driven past it a million times since it’s only a mile from my home. My journalism students have written stories about it at least three times in the past two years. I have seen pictures of the inside, the outside, and the occupants- both human and reptile. I have watched television news stories about it and spoken with its owners countless times at community events or civic meetings. I thought I knew everything about the Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary. But the real story about the sanctuary is not what it was built to hold, or even how it operates in Michigan’s cool climate. The real story is found in a tube of blood flowing through a machine and a love flowing from husband to wife.

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