I have your payment waiting for you in town as promised.” The man apprehensively scampered away‚ obviously afraid of this man. As he ran up the path he tripped and fell over and fell over an outstretched root. The followers stepped forward with thick ropes in their arms. They formed a rough circle around us and slowly‚ cautiously‚ moved in. “If you try anything funny we will use lethal force‚” the leader warned. “ I know you all must be confused about what is going on. The truth
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When reflecting on the day and then writing this story‚ I discovered that although we were together as a family for the entire day‚ at the same time‚ we were separated by an invisible wall created by technology that took us away from being in the moment with each other. This was the exact message my dad was trying to get across in his hour-long lecture. I won’t give the exact play by play of his entire lecture‚ but it started out as him telling me how “bratty” and selfish I had been toward the family
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I am going to be that person who will change the thoughts of other people. Suddenly‚ I hear a shout behind me that brings me to the present. “Don’t let him leave! I don’t care if you have to kill him‚ but do… not… let… him… LEAVE!!!!!” my slave owner yells. I can feel the sweat start to drip into my eyes. By now you can probably start to see the kind of situation I’m in. I probably
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Have you ever lived the life of a spoiled rich kid? A kid who can get anything he needs or wants at a simple snap of a finger? Taylor grew up a rich kid‚ and is still living the lavish life. Although Taylor can have any exquisite thing he wants‚ he is still having trouble another friend. Don’t get Taylor wrong‚ he does have one friend by the name of Wojak. Wojak is the person Taylor goes to‚ to not feel unaccompanied. Taylor and Wojak’s lives are extremely similar. They both attend the most prestigious
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going to talk about?” replied Lisa. “First of all‚ let me introduce you to my friend Gunther. He’s also a WWII veteran”- Said Nathan. “Really?! Did you fought as part of the U.S Army or the United Kingdom or maybe the French?” asked Lisa with eyes of expectation and excitement. “Actually‚ I was part of the German Army‚” replied Gunther. Lisa’s face after hearing this became serious. “Oh! So you were a Nazi” - said Lisa in an angry tone. “Now‚ hold your horses´‚ little girl. Do you think all men who
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made one mistake that summer and it never went away. The people in my new group of friends I had started bullying me about it. It started with a few choice words for me every time they saw me‚ then it moved to texts they would send me‚ to pictures they would photo shop me into‚ and then it moved to twitter. I remember one night in particular to this day that stood out the most. I remember it so well because every single person I knew
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That summer afternoon‚ as I remember it‚ was doubtlessly a commemorable one. Breezy‚ yet humid. Bright yet shadowed by the monsters that the afternoon sun cast upon all things animate and inanimate. Even though my generation belongs to one of technology‚ I will always be gratified to be able to claim that my youth was still filled with sweaty foreheads and rusty old bikes. I was only twelve when my great adventure took place. Keelan and Matthew Daniel‚ known to many as the definition of rednecks
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There is a budding story that is slowly growing right now as the 2015 NBA Draft draws near. And its main protagonist is a guy named Kristaps Porziņģis. Kristaps Porziņģis who? Porziņģis is a 7-foot-1 center-forward from Latvia who has good length and athleticism‚ runs the floor‚ protects the rim with his long arms and quick lateral movement‚ and finishes strong above the rim. To exaggerate‚ he has the speed and agility of a rookie Kevin Garnett and the outside shooting touch of a young Dirk Nowitzki
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Kara Howland October 10‚ 2002 M‚R‚F-10am "VANKA" After reading the story entitled Vanka I was both amused and saddened. Vanka was a poor orphan child who was obviously quite desperate due to the miserable conditions of his life. The child Vanka is reaching out in desperation to his grandfather much like any individual might reach out to a higher authority that he or she believes in with great faith and hope. As is often the case in seemingly hopeless situations‚ people will promise things
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bodyboarding. Our little crew was always trying to one up each other‚ we were pretty ostentatious when it came to that kind of stuff. We would always go out on the optimal days for bodyboarding‚ but some days we would just go out to facetious time. We would also go on days that were detrimental to our safety‚ but we didn’t care‚ we would just go and not think about what we were doing. A few winters ago there was a swell that came in and one of the biggest swells that I had ever seen‚ I was surfing
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