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    Ayala Short Story

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    They each came bearing luxurious gifts along with many well-deserved accolades to shower upon her Master. Year after year‚ notable men from afar made their way to his birthday celebration and would abide in the compound for days. During that time‚ she got a chance to observe and admire how these important men and their beautiful wives interacted with one another

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    Short Story Summary

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    Zichao Huang Mr. Lambert English028 March 17‚ 2015 The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is married to a man named Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard does not have a very good heart‚ and she is sick. Something bad has happened‚ and people do not know how to tell her about it. Josephine is her sister‚ and she tells Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died in a train accident. Richards is Mr. Mallard’s friend‚ and he is there because he knew about the accident. Richards

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    Channing: A Short Story

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    Apparently they had been fighting a lot and after a long period of not speaking to each other they hooked up. According to her‚ during this encounter Channing was too rough with her. Channing said that nothing was out of the ordinary. She reported him to the dean’s and after a lengthy battle of “he said she said”‚ the school told Channing his best option was to withdraw if he didn’t want the situation to escalate

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    Rico: A Short Story

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    In late September after Rico‚ a low level crack dealer in North Las Vegas‚ was picked up on charges‚ he was asked why he was now dealing on the street. He said someone was renovating the old homeless shelter and the tweekers who normally ruled the place were all gone. * * * The sheriff looked at the picture attached to the missing person’s report. Carmel was a beauty queen. Her homecoming picture showed the blonde was tall and shapely‚ with a youthful innocence despite the fact that the man next

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    Immigrant: A Short Story

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    conversations were long‚ and laughter filled. We talked about our family and personal lives. We both became pretty close over the short amount of time that we had been talking. When it came to a more in depth conversation about of family‚ we both fell silent. “I used to have a father and mother‚ but they aren’t in the picture now” she explained as her eyes slowly teared up. After it had been nearly two hours and we both decided we should return to our waiting mother and father. “It was lovely to meet you

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    my mother. I sighed and picked up the phone. I did not even get a chance to say hello before I was bombarded with questions about where I was. When she finally stop talking to catch her breath I told her I was coming home. I went down the slide and walked towards my car. As I drove home I passed by the same bridge and remembered about being in conflict with my emotion doing that short time. But just like before I forgot all about it once I passed under it. When I finally walked inside the house which

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    his time in as a wide eyed five year old in his first pair of tap shoes was akin to his home. In fact‚ it felt more like home than his actual home‚ where his dad often teased him about his ’prancing around the stage like a bloody pony’ but he knew that his dad preferred him doing this - his passion - than on the streets at ten o’clock at night smoking glue or sniffing weed. He’d never try those. For one‚ his mother would probably kill him for even going out after ten and then hand him to Satan for

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    Short Story on Adventure

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    denizens that induce a jealousy in my heart‚ you bees knees! “Good Bellings finally assented after denying the same point for weeks in utter envy. I placed the teacup after drinking the rest of it. “I have been singing your praises and there you are decoding an antiquated Latin text!” She hollered. “Bell‚ you comprehend the fact that I detest being showered with praises‚ don’t you?” I threw a rhetorical question at her. An awkward silence fell between us. It was disrupted soon though. I ran helter-skelter

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    NEW YORK (CNN) -- They sat bloody and petrified -- the lights out‚ smoke engulfing the room and pain searing through their bodies. There was no escape from where they were in the South Tower‚ in pieces after being hit by United Airlines Flight 175 as far as they could tell. Then out of nowhere‚ a young man burst in and took control. In a strong‚ authoritative voice‚ he directed them to the stairway -- which was veiled by darkness‚ wreckage and haze -- telling the injured to get out and the healthy

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    It started like any other day up on the hills of Rhein‚ but that day had the scent of freedom floating in the air. The journey ahead of me had been teasing me for weeks‚ I was just so anxious to get away and start all over again. I had made certain arrangements before I left‚ our family dog was not allowed on the ship that we were going to be arriving in America‚ so I had my parents take care of the dog for us. It was a hard thing to do seeing that the dog had become more than just a pet to the

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