equally snarling at the man. Taken aback by the dog’s ferocity‚ the man staggered back a couple of steps like a wobbled drunk not being able to maintain his balance. Chuckles held his ground and edged forward knowing he already had the upper hand. When the dead man had regained his full balance‚ he tried to eschew past the dog so he could go for another try at Mary‚ Steaks‚ and Lovienthal who were by now all cowering behind the small kitchen table. His efforts ceased though‚ when Chuckles
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The poor Minor Canon would rather have had his hand cut off than go out to meet an angry griffin; but he felt that it was his duty to go‚ for it would be a woeful thing if injury should come to the people of the town because he was not brave enough to obey the summons of the Griffin. So‚ pale and frightened‚ he started off. 1.Gather a large number of fractured fairy tales for students to explore. Use books from your own collection along with those from the school and/or public library. Keep these
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The night was dark and the sky stormed as if it were a fragment of hell itself. Cold rain cut through any layers of warmth that were left in Macduff. Macbeth’s castle could be seen in the distance by the light it cast on the horizon. “I don’t believe in spirits much‚ but a night like this could bring out the foulest of creatures.” Macduff thought to himself. His horse had been spooked by the storm‚ but they trudged along. Macduff had fought harder battles against real enemies‚ no storm‚ no matter
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her throat. “I’ll have to call you back.” She slipped the phone into her pocket and smiled at them sheepishly‚ avoiding eye contact. Cael narrowed his eyes and studied her. Anne’s hair was a mess‚ sticking up where she kept nervously running her hand through it. Her eyeliner was smeared across her temples. It was hard to tell whether the dark bags under her eyes were from makeup or lack of sleep. Blood stained her torn
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When Rosie was younger she used to play in puddles. “Jump‚ Brock!” Now‚ she sat in a puddle of sand‚ surrounded by the water that crafted a false ground. “That’s dirty water‚ Rosie.” She was trapped there‚ on some sort of island‚ waiting for Union or Veridee to save her. “Oh.” She needed an escape‚ a way to truly get away‚ yet none presented themselves. It was just her. Alone and waiting for night to come and show tell her who died so she’d know who was left. I’m left. Me‚ me...and five others‚ right
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“I can’t believe I’m talking to myself.” “It’s not your fault‚” the voice repeats and Hange sucks in a breath‚ truly and utterly afraid. She chances a look up and doesn’t see Moblit there. She doesn’t see him sitting in the corner‚ a book in his hand‚ and she doesn’t hear him reprimanding her about her lack of self-care. The room’s empty‚ and Hange feels so inexplicably lost as she searches it with tearful eyes. And then there’s a noise behind her and she turns quickly‚ a hopeful and relieved
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Once upon a time‚ in the place of Nevada‚ there was a girl named Laila. She had lost her home due to a flood. She had no clue where to live now‚ but then she realized‚ she needed to build a house. She wandered to find a good place for her new house to be built. She wandered and wandered‚ but could not find a good place. It was evening and she finally found a nice place to build her new house. She tried to find sticks and straws to build her new house out of. She stayed up all night to build her new
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with a—" "Merlin‚" Arthur huffed in irritation‚ putting a stop to the banter before it started. Those two had a way of turning harmless teasing into foul insults not acceptable to anyone’s ears‚ let alone a lady’s. "We have more serious matters on hand. Percival‚ the one found in the officer
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Long ago‚ Zeus came down from Mount Olympus to a town named Santorini in Ancient Greece to have a child with a mortal woman that was very beautiful. This woman lived near a mountain in Santorini named μεγάλο βουνό. (Great Mountain) The woman finally gave birth to the boy and named him Lavatinos. He was a very curious boy‚ as he grew older he asked more and more questions about where his dad was and why his mom wouldn’t tell him. Eventually his mom became frustrated with all of the questions being
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ico “WAKE UP!” Screamed my brother in to my ear. “Owwww” I said But soon realized we were going to MEXICO! First we had to drive to Omaha to get on our airplane it took about 1 hour 30 minutes just to get there. Then it took the plane 8 hours to get to Cancun. When we got their it had just stopped raining. The first thing I saw once we left the airport was a…….PALM TREE! It was like 6:00 A.M. so I was tired we went to our hotel and slept for 4 hours. Then my dad said “wake up it time to see the
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