As the last bits of light fade from the sky, leaving Camp Cedarcrest in darkness, Ms. Martin steps up with her megaphone one last time. All around you, campers and counselors fall quiet, settling the Great Field into an attentive waiting hush.
"Tonight," Ms. Martin calls, her voice amplified into the tinny echo that has become so familiar over the last six weeks, "we bring another Camp Cedarcrest summer to a close. Tomorrow, we all go home and back to the rest of our lives. To our parents, siblings, houses, and schools. Tonight, we say goodbye to the people and memories from this summer, and to everything that we've shared in this special place.
"And next year…"
Ms. Martin pauses, and you can hear the stillness of breath being held all over the Great Field. Will there be a next year at Camp Cedarcrest?
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