A king was touring his kingdom on his elephant. Suddenly he stopped in front of a shop in the market and said to his minister‚ "I don’t know why‚ but I want to hang the owner of this shop." The minister was shocked. But before he could ask the king why‚ the king had moved on. The next day‚ the minister went to that shop dressed as one of the locals to see the shopkeeper. He casually asked him how his business was faring. The shopkeeper‚ a sandalwood merchant‚ reported sadly that he had hardly any
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“SOMEONE!!! CALL 911!” I shouted with a panicking voice as I held my hand underneath Rachel’s head. She wasn’t moving. She was just laying there with her eyes closed. I sat at Rachel’s hospital bed while resting my head on the edge of it. She had been sleeping peacefully for the past 9 long hours. I was genuinely tired‚ but I wanted to be the first thing her eyes caught when she woke up. After all‚ this was undoubtedly my fault. I felt like I was drowning in guilt or something. I shouldn’t have dragged
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It is better to be late than never I saw a photo when I was packing my thinngs‚which was me and my grandfather playing together.We look blessed and happy in it.However‚he was already passed away few years ago and I missed him so much. Few years ago‚in one humid afternnoon‚I was walking home from school as usual.The weather is too hot so I decided to have a drink at the stall nearby to quench my thirst.When I was drinking‚ I saw a grandfather playing with his grandchild happily at the playground
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transition into adulthood. From the day in eighth I held that brown envelope in my hands that read “CONGRATULATIONS” to now when I hold the weight of responsibility and expectation on my shoulders‚ I knew this was the transition. The days I visited for open house and meeting‚ I was trembling‚scared; nervous. It was tearing apart my world taking this big step I wasn’t ready for‚ but I had gotten that far‚ so I held my breath and jumped. The day that school actually started‚ I wanted to toss in the rag‚ oh
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Never Cry Wolf For years‚ wolves have been falsely accused for crimes in stories‚ myths‚ and life. In Never Cry Wolf‚ author Farley Mowat demonstrates how even though wolves are mistakenly stereotyped as evil; people don’t know anything without evidence. Farley Mowat takes a trip to Churchill‚ Canada‚ to study Arctic wolves for the Canadian Wildlife Service. He is studying the Arctic wolves because he needs to prove that the wolves are killing all the migrating caribou. During the entire
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I remember when I left my country; I was so sad. That day was one of saddest I ever had. I missed my grandparents‚ my friends and my relatives I left Mexico. I wish I could go back soon. <br> <br>It was may 20‚ 1995 when I went to my grandparents’ home to see them for the last time. I was crying when I told them I am going to come here in the United States. As soon they heard what I just said; they both hugged me and began to cry with me. I was so sad that I couldn’t get through the door to leave
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O ’Neill 1 Warren O ’Neill Professor Scheckner CRWT 102-02 8 February 2013 Fighting Oppression in Immokalee‚ Florida: Days of Revolt Days of Destruction Days of Revolt was written by two war veterans‚ Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. In this book‚ they basically describe and make readers feel like they are actually touring the most impoverished‚ physically and socially devastated areas in the United States. They offer very detailed and disturbing descriptions of life on the Pine Ridge Reservation
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Clara’s day This short story "Clara’s day" by Penelope Lively is about a girl‚ Clara‚ who suddenly took off all of her clothes and started walking naked around at her school. After this sensational episode she was told that she had to meet "the Head" after school. They talked about Clara’s reasons for doing what she did‚ because as the Head said on page 53 line 1-2‚ "..you aren’t really like that‚ are you?"‚ and Clara agreed that she wasn’t. Naturally Clara’s parents‚ or in this case‚ mother was
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yourself and see the struggles you have been through. one day realizing that your life is something you can’t play around with. So you set up goals that will inspire to be study and get out of trouble one of your goals is to get a college degree. also knowing that your family needs you to succeed. so you do good in school‚ get good grades and behave well. Even if temptation tries to guide you to the wrong path.You dream big knowing that one day your dreams will come true. One of those dreams is to become
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English 203.1 1 April 2013 Seize the Day The metaphysical poet‚ Andrew Marvell‚ wrote the poem “To His Coy Mistress‚” which is considered to be a seduction poem on the surface‚ but Marvell’s poem is about seizing the moment in life. Marvell uses figures of speech like metaphors‚ similes‚ and imagery to persuade the woman he loves to sleep with him‚ but he also wants to argue that life is short‚ and she should seize the day‚ both in life and sexually. The figures of speech that are in “To His Coy
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