Lamb to the Slaughter By: Roald Dahl THE ROOM WAS WARM and clean‚ the curtains drawn‚ the two table lamps alight hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her‚ two tall glasses‚ soda water‚ whisky. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work. Now and again she would glance up at the clock‚ but without anxiety‚ merely to please herself with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he would come
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On the evening of May 15‚ 5065‚ an outbreak of a virus spread throughout the world. It reached from the site of the Virus to the other side of the world. Mandy‚ and her crew of people were in the middle of it all. Joe the team’s strong leader led Mandy‚ Phil (The Vampire)‚ and Tiff the model of the team‚ and Rufus the team’s pet dog went to a place known as Shalada also known as their camp. Their camp a small hut made of wood‚ and leaves protected them from the monsters that lurk outside in the
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Finally it’s December 5th my anniversary with my wife‚ Maddie. Where should I take her. Do I take her to a romantic restaurant‚ take her to a flashback of our first date‚ take her to where we first met. Ah! I don’t know! I finally made a choice to take her to the 5 star restaurant with glass windows everywhere and a view of the Brooklyn Bridge. We drove a black Honda to a parking lot. A man with the suit stood with the valet sign on the beautiful wooden brown podium. “Hey!” he said. “ Hey! I replied
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Health Ministry to respond. It would have been too late for her sister. Throwing caution to the wind‚ she decided to test the drug on herself. She monitored herself closely and after 2 months‚ without noting any adverse effects‚ she decided it was safe for her sister to take it. After six doses over a period of three months‚ a scan showed that Emily’s tumor had shrunk to the size of a bean. At six months‚ there was no sign of it anymore. In a sick twist of fate to what would have been a happy
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against the wind as if to defy its force. Their war-cry was but a breath‚ lingering sigh of sorts‚ as if they have truly grown tedious of the naughty gale. The sea holds so many unknown wonders; breath-taking beauty. Hidden secrets held close and kept safe. All of the beauty and wonder‚ continuing until it met the sky and all the secrets and dreams took flight‚ let loose‚ into the open‚ waiting skies. As minutes passed‚ the sun worked his way up to the sky‚ distributing its power to everything at its
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Janisse Ray wrote the book‚ "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood." In the story‚ the author describes how she grew up‚ the influences that her family history‚ culture‚ and nature had on her‚ and how she is an individual as well as part of a whole. The memory that I believe gives a very personal insight into the author’s identity details her mother’s down home‚ southern cooking and the imprints‚ that her cooking impressed on her. In this exert‚ Ray describes her mothers cooking. My mother was
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“Pit and the Pendulum Revision” “I shrank back- but the closing walls pressed me resistlessly onward. At length. For my seared and writhing body‚ there was no longer an inch of foot hold on the firm floor of the prison.” Closer and closer I was getting to the pit. I was thinking about everything that has happened. I didn’t want to die. It was too soon for me. Suddenly the walls stopped. I was confused and in shock. I heard a female voice‚ and it was a thick southern accent. She was telling me to
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emphasis on it! Why not do it all the time! I personally think that’s all part of being in a relationship. Making your significant other feel loved and appreciated all the time. This should be a PRIORITY of yours! Not just on that one day called "VALENTINES DAY"! I think it all depends on the individual’s choice. If you are in favor of doing something special on Valentine’s Day‚ go ahead and do it. If you feel that it’s not your cup of coffee‚ so be it. Spending all the excess $money$ isn’t the meaning
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like the right thing to do. He was rich and kind and everything a girl could possibly want. But maybe he was just a continuation of all the mistakes I’d been making‚ not taking Donna up on her offer to bring me with her to Tibet‚ always taking the safe choice‚ the choices that made sense‚ giving up on my dreams one piece at a time. Maybe that’s why I’m so tightly wound‚ I can’t even seem to give this man‚ the I’m supposed to love – I mean‚ the man I love. I can’t give him the baby he deserves‚ the
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who is nice‚ warm‚ and cooperative on the outside. However‚ in many situations‚ she apparently can heat up and embarrass people in a professional manner and grow in size as Chief likes to say‚ whereas the common folk may shout at each other with creative vocabulary. We enter the doctor’s office‚ and Dr. Spivey stands. “Good morning‚ Mr. Johansson. I am Dr. Spivey. We have brought you here for an introductory interview to discuss some fundamental information and concerns about you. May you
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