For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn

The runners listened to the announcer explain that whoever won the race would be housed, fed and trained till the organizers unveiled him to the world as the next big star.

There was Rick and Roy that had been rivals since they started trying out. Last year, Roy should have come first but Rick tackled him, allowing someone else to win.

The gun went off and the runners took off. Rick and Roy both finished at 1 minute, 34 seconds, making the organisers announce that both of them would be selected. They would live and train together until the time came to unveil them.

Living together in the same house and eating from the same source did nothing to make them friends. They had screaming matches all the time and most times, it developed into fist fights.

The night before their unveiling, they fought again over whose name would be called first. All through the night, they kicked, punched and stabbed each other. When the day broke, they were still at it. Weak and bleeding, they continued to fight.

When the organizers came to pick them up for the big announcement, they found them both dead, lying in a pool of their own blood.

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The last thing Cynthia remembered before she blacked out was her husband signing the form authorizing the doctor to deliver her twins via caesarean section. When she opened her eyes, she saw the doctor placing two babies in a bag.

She wanted to stand up but could not move. She saw her husband, Richard come through the door, saw the doctor shake his head and say: "Sorry, stillbirths."

Richard waited till Cynthia was asleep before putting up the ad: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."