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@@@@@ "I think maybe you need a cup of hot cocoa and then bed "That sounds wonderful "Which?" She laughedIt was wonderful to hear her laugh It filled the place up xi We stood on the beach the next morning with coffee cups in hand and our ankles in the surfThe sun had just hoisted itself over the low rise of the Key behind us, and our shadows seemed to stretch out onto the quiet water for miles 144 Ilse looked at me solemnly"Is this the most beautiful place on earth, Dad?" "No, but you're young and I can't blame you for thinking it might beIt's number four on the Most Beautiful list, actually, but the top three are places nobody can spell She smiled over the rim of her cupNumber one, Machu PicchuNumber two, MarrakechNumber three, Petroglyph National MonumentThen, at number four, Duma Key, just off the west coast of Florida Her smile widened for a second or twoThen it faded and she was giving me the solemn stare again I remembered her looking at me the same way when she was four, asking me if there was any magic like in fairy talesI had told her yes, of course, thinking it was a lieNow I wasn't so sureBut the air was warm, my bare feet were in the Gulf, and I just didn't want Ilse to be hurtI thought she was going to beBut everyone gets their share, don't they? SurePow, below the belt, down you go, and the ref just went out for a hot dogExcept the ones you 145 love can really multiply that hurt and pass it aro