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Short Story: The Vietnam War
Jason, a man that had just moved out of his parents house. He lived in Tampa Bay, Florida. He set up all of his belongings, and went to sleep. He woke up the next morning, wondering what he would do in his new house. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, Jason ran to open the door. No one was there, just a flyer for a bowling tournament. He read where it was and then saw the prize for the winner. The winner got 500,000$ in a check! That's half of a million dollars! Jason looked at the time of the bowling tournament. It was on July 7th, 2016. He kept the flyer, and closed the door. 2 months later, he went to the bowling tournament. He got dressed, and started to drive to Miami. He got there just as it was about to start. There were 30 entries, …show more content…
Sam got to go again because if you get a strike or spare in the last round, you get to go again. He went again, once again another strike. He rolled his final ball, it wizzed down the lane and hit the middle pin which had a domino effect on all the other pins. 257 was his final score, securing at least one of the top 3 spots. Everyone else went before Jason and Tyreke, So it was down to the man in 3nd place, and the man in 4th place. A guy named Johnny took 2nd place with 255. It was Jasons turn, he rolled the ball down the lane and a devastating 7 pins were knocked down. He knocked the last three down. 10 points to him. He rolled his second ball, and it was a perfect strike! He took the 1st place spot, and his last ball was fired down the lane and knocked all the pins down. His final score was …show more content…
It said “I have your money, come with the same amount of money.” He looked at the return address and knew exactly where it was. He had to sell his house and take the money out of his bank account. And put it all in a bag. He drove all the way down to Miami, and stopped at the building that started it all. The place where he got that 500,000$ and gold trophy. He looked inside, to see Tyreke sitting there with a money bag himself. Jason put down his money bag next to Tyrekes. In the middle of the money bags, was a platinum trophy. Tyreke made the trophy out of the gold trophy he stole, and the silver trophy he won. The platinum trophy was silver, white, and red. Jason and Tyreke shook hands, and the game was on. Strike after strike after strike after strike after

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