all of the sudden it stopped. After about thirty minutes of this the left and then the Metcalfs. When they all left my family came over and we all cried with each other and eventually talked about random things. “So how did it happen‚ Mom?” I asked her. Dad suddenly piped up and told me how he crashed his bike. “I was riding and I turned the corner on the trail and hit a root and my handlebar hit a tree that is when I broke my ulna and then I flipped over and landed on my back and I flipped over
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proud Gaul‚ but here‚ the Romans saw fit to dress her like a savage‚ a barbarian‚ for that was how the mighty fuckin’ Romans saw the Gauls‚ nothing more. She paced the cage that she’d been locked in. Iska had proven to be an unruly gladiator at time‚ sometimes even assaulting fellow gladiators of the same ludus during training with the slightest provocation. She was still paying the price for breaking the nose of a Scythia gladiator and ruining her good looks. Here at the ludus of the lanista Quintus
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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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the telly started to make weird noises and the lights started flashing. The noises slowly faded into a voice‚ a female voice‚ screaming the same thing over and over again: Kanye. Carl thought that the abnormal ongoings inside Kanye’s house‚ is something that should not be happening‚ and so he figured that the flashing and screaming must be investigated. He stepped up and knocked on the front door‚ and out comes Kanye with wide open eyes and a smell of fire arrived
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Trying to regain his wits about him‚ he remembered that he had been watching over his beloved wife’s body when he had fallen into his weary slumber. He then recalled that something had woken him up and felt a spike in fear. His senses amplified‚ he strained to see it the seemingly never ending darkness. He thought it smelled something like wet dog and mud from the rain outside. He swore he could hear someone walking around the cabin but without his vision‚ he did not trust what his other senses were
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wondered if something was wrong with me. In truth‚ my family and my wife knew before I did. I thought I was fine. But over time‚ I had become irritable and paranoid. I was always on edge and alert my doctors said I was hypervigilant. At first‚ I thought that being a perfectionist and hypervigilant was what got a job done‚ that’s what can save your life in war. In war‚ you’re always on the job‚ you’re always watching‚ feeling and smelling. At war we were taught to such out horror we call it survival
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Reyes. Author: Amy Tan. Jing-Mei Woo’s mother arrives in the United States in 1949 after losing her entire family including her first husband‚ their infant twin daughters‚ and her parents. Elijah: Once she settles in America‚ she never looks back. She believes that if you live in America‚ you can do and be anything you want. Jeremiah: She wants and pressures her daughter to become a child prodigy‚ but her daughter wants to be herself. Then towards the end the daughter realizes she could’ve been a prodigy
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down the little girl laughed her light brown hair swing from side to side in sink with her white fluffy dress. the little girl giggled as large hands reached down and picked her up “You have gotten so big!” a man said that looked very similar to her “Daddy i’m flying!” the little girl said with excitement reaching her arms out in front of her making a superman pose “And here comes super Grace!” the man says laughing as he spins her around “Now no need to be rough with her jack.” a women says grabbing
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looked clueless always made me laugh. He didn’t look offended so I didn’t feel an ounce of regret! Soon‚ all the guys at the factory made up the saying‚ “Don’t pull a Charlie Gordon!” This was our way of making fun of Charlie whenever someone did something that only Charlie would do. I still remember when we made him show off his skills as a janitor and he thought it was a good thing! I couldn’t stop laughing that night‚ but every since Charlie started to understand everything‚ everyone felt weird
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A. Crossing Crossing is a short story written by Mark Slouka. The short story was written in the year 2009. The short story revolves around the nameless main character and his son. They are going on an annual traditional trip. The trip is a one day where they drive to a place in the woods where they spend the night at an old settler’s barn. The name of the main character is not revealed – no names at all are revealed‚ so every character mentioned in the short story is nameless. That gives the
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