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    Moses: A Short Story

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    One day‚ an old man named Shaul said to his grandson Simeon "It is time you learned the story of our people. I want to tell you about a tragic time for the Israelites‚ the time we spent in Egypt. and a great man named Moses who saved us from slavery. "I was only a boy then‚ just about your age‚" Shaul started. "All of the Israelites were slaves to the terrible Pharaoh‚ ruler of Egypt. Everyone‚ even the children‚ worked all day and into the night‚ making bricks to build Pharaoh’s city. "One day I

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    Fastball: A Short Story

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    the lush green grass. “Are you okay‚” Connor asks with the bat in his hand. “No‚” I replied as blood slowly dripped onto the cement. I walked into my house calling for my mom. “What‚” my mom asks‚ walking into the hallway. “I just sliced my toe open‚” say limping into the kitchen. My mom went and got wet paper towels to clean up the blood. I hopped up onto the counter and brought down the bandages. She cleaned off the blood and looked into the cut. “You may need stitches‚ but dad will have

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    INITIATION-Sylvia Plath - Initiation is a story of group exclusivity‚ self exploration and personal transformation of a girl in Lansing High. It is the story of Millicent‚ who discovers that being an individual offers more opportunities than being part of a sorority. In Initiation‚ the author‚ Sylvia Plath expresses the hardships Millicent undergoes to become a member of the elect. Millicent is forced to go through several rituals which decide whether she is capable of joining the sorority. At first

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    Short Story Manny's

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    When I first read through the story I could start to see little hints and signs of a man who is in a state of depression. Depression can be defined as a state of feeling sad. Also can be defined as a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad‚ hopeless‚ and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. These definitions pinpoints Manny’s state throughout the story. You can notice the first since of him feeling sad‚ and hopeless when his wife died and he sold all of their

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    Scary Short Stories

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    "Warning this story comes with a curse ‚listening to the end will give you the curse.” Mary was a girl who loved to be scared and October was her favorite time of the year ‚because her school had a scary story club after school‚ on Halloween a new boy wanted to speak ‚his name was Chris‚ Mary saw him but never talked to him .he went up to the stage ‚and he began to talk and as he talked the room seemed to get darker and colder ‚and then he yelled “and there” ‚and he held up a mirror scaring everybody

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    Mabel: A Short Story

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    "Are you sure you’ll be fine without me?" Mabel asked‚ twiddling her numbs nervously as she sat on her bed in the room she shared with her brother in the Mystery Shack. Mabel was preparing to leave for a fun day with her friends‚ Candy and Grenda‚ as she planned to spend this summer more focused on friends and family more so than romance. In response to her question‚ Dipper gave a small nod‚ and coughed in between. Dipper gave her a weak smile‚ his voice cracked awkwardly even more than usual because

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    Suspense Short Story

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    Do you like suspense stories? If so‚ “Sorry Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher and “Sorry Right Number” by Stephen King are two very good suspense stories. The plot of both of the stories are centered around phone calls. Both stories center around a mysterious phone call. In “Sorry Wrong Number”‚ the phone call is about someone’s murder. And in “Sorry Right Number‚” the phone call is about a woman crying‚ she says “ Take… please take… t-t- take him to the hospital. He is going to have a heart attack

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    made up my mind. I went. Finally‚ Bill went. I had the slip of paper in my hands while I was waiting for Mr. Summers to tell us to open the slip of paper‚ all these thoughts came to my mind. What will the family be without me? Who will take care of little Dave? What if it’s little Dave he still has a life ahead of him. Finally‚ Mr. Summers said‚ “Open your slip of paper.” Harry showed Dave’s paper to the crowd‚ It was blank. Nancy and Bill Jr. both opened their paper at the

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    The Road Short Story

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    This is a story about loss‚ about being different‚ and about the world’s many evils. This story will fable heroes who learn to summon unwavering courage in times of unimaginable adversity. This is a story about sacrifice and the willingness to oppose bitterness and hatred in honor of the greater good. This story will highlight the devastation that corrupt governments leave in their wake. The characters in this story will undergo tests‚ trials‚ and imperfections that may seem large scale‚ but ultimately

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    Aubrie: A Short Story

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    her mother wasn’t the only one to go missing. My wife and I had a house not too far away from here‚ before we bought this cabin‚ and she went missing. She taken from our home in the middle of the night. All that was left was bloody footprints and an open window. Even before that‚ her mother disappeared in a similar way. It is very unusual‚ and no one has still figured out what is happening. I just need you to promise me you will protect

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