(Yet another) Terribly Tiny Tales (post)

I really can't seem to get enough of the TTT format. It's too addictive and when they ask for submissions on 'words', I simply have to write :D
Rambling on...

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The hoarding promised fairer skin in ten days flat.
Hollow useless words; the Crow smirked.
When would They realize colour doesn't matter.
Dark is equally beautiful.
He shit on it and flew away.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tale#2:
"Thou shalt never steal", said the words on the school's emblem.
The Headmaster never really noticed them, as he took the parcel from the parents and confirmed the student's admission.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tale#3:
"You will remember my teachings and stories when you have grandchildren of your own", were old Nan's words.
But she really had never forgotten them.
Neither when the doctor said she would never conceive, nor when she looked now at the room full of kids in the orphanage she volunteered at...
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PS: Here is the TTT fb page and here are my earlier TTTs on 'hope'