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    Belonging - Short Story

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    formulated‚ grazing the grade 1 seven stripes that were sewn on. Stripes of courage‚ rank and acknowledgement. *** My father slowly wiped down the Lee-Enfield while I filled up the metal canteen. “Father‚ is it going to hurt the rabbit?” He let out a short laughter‚ finished with a smirk and a smile offering me to polish the .303 that he was wiping. “Come on son‚ if you have a mind as weak as that‚ you won’t make it past a private.” *** Taking a sip from the warm scented cup‚ the cross dangled down

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    We all gave out a collective groan as we came out of the portal. As I stood a wave of nausea hit me. I bent over and vomited in a metal bucket that came through with the barn. I could see others doing the same thing off to the side. The barn transported us to the area shown in The Folder. A beautiful blue stream snaked through the lush‚ vibrant green forest. We stood on a small dirt path that sliced through the woods. The trail seemed well traveled and the thousands of feet compacted it. In the trees

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    Gunther: A Short Story

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    Sadly I can’t denied what they did but what I can do is tell you a little story” –said Nathan with confidence. In 1939‚ a man named Adolf Hitler‚ mobilized his whole nation in order to go to war. The people from Germany were amused by the words of his new leader‚ therefore they didn’t hesitate when he wanted to expand the Fatherland

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    Drinking: A Short Story

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    PARTY "Oh my god‚ I am so drunk"‚ I hear someone shout out above the crowd. I stop for a second and think to myself. "Wait a second‚ why am I drinking?" my friend comes up and hands me a beer and says‚ "Hey wimp drink up!" So I figure‚ hey why not. Two o’clock roles around and I am feeling like I drank myself stupid‚ which I have. All of a sudden I realize I have my dad’s truck‚ and he needs it in about three hours. So little time‚ what am I going to do? Here are some easy steps to sober up quickly

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    One way that Eric Walters was able to confirm relationships are important to a person’s life was through the interaction between Jed and the injured eagle he found. Earlier in the story‚ Jed explains to the reader how much eagle’s mean to him and to his Tsimshian culture. “ An eagle is more than a bird‚ it’s part of our heritage and history” (Walters 47). So‚ naturally‚ when Jed noticed a bullet hole through its body‚ he felt the obligation to nurse it back to full health. During this time‚ Jed became

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    Terito Short Story

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    The first anti-hero Our story starts in an ancient village a very long time ago there lived a young man by the name of Terito‚ he was given a blessing by an ancient being of great power‚ but there was a price for the power. Terito had to give the being two things for the power. The first thing he had to give the being was his looks for which he was forever scarred on his entire head so he donned a mask. The second item was a gift and a curse he had to give the being all of his memories of

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    Potato-Short Story

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    He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life

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    Dystopian Short Story

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    Betrayal of Freedom Here I am again; working for another rich family to do their labour. I hate having no freedom. I have been owned by different rich families ever since I was born. I am now 16‚ 17 in a month‚ I think. I kind of lose track. I never met my parents. They were slaves for other folks so I guess I won’t ever get to meet them. I don’t get jealous of the rich families though. They got no respect; the young spoilt‚ spiteful children treat me like a piece of shit on their shoe. I can’t do

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    Putting the mask over his face‚ Erik stared into the mirror. His one-sided conscience told him that destroying the property of families and friends is hilarious. “Let’s go!” Arthur‚ the sidekick begged to start vandalising. The two high school boys got into the black Jeep. Erik grabbed the brown bat. There were red streaks in the groves of the bat. Smashing the window‚ Erik began to hit the mailboxes. Arthur’s car engine roared‚ wanting destruction. The mailboxes cried. Brown‚ black‚ pink‚ orange

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    Lifeguard: A Short Story

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    their kids in swimming lessons. This is because even though there maybe lifeguards at the pool it is still impossible for them to keep an eye out for every kid at the pool all of the time. Drowning is a very Clarke 4 unfortunate and very preventable death and I feel teaching a child to swim could potentially be a lifesaving skill. However with that

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