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    The Grapes: A Short Story

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    She asked me what my name was and I replied‚” Roger”. Then she told me to go wash my face. She left the door right open I thought I could make a run for it‚ but I didn’t want to put myself in any more danger. The lady got up and left the room only looking at her purse. She said her name was Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. I was amazed by how long her name was but

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    Gunther: A Short Story

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    Sadly I can’t denied what they did but what I can do is tell you a little story” –said Nathan with confidence. In 1939‚ a man named Adolf Hitler‚ mobilized his whole nation in order to go to war. The people from Germany were amused by the words of his new leader‚ therefore they didn’t hesitate when he wanted to expand the Fatherland

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    Winnie: A Short Story

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    to go home cause today is the special day.It’s the day she will go back to the spring.The clock strikes three o’clock and she races out the class and down the road to the touch-me not cottage.She reaches home opens the fence and goes in.She is greeted by her mother and father she stares at them for second knowing she will never see them again.Then

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    One way that Eric Walters was able to confirm relationships are important to a person’s life was through the interaction between Jed and the injured eagle he found. Earlier in the story‚ Jed explains to the reader how much eagle’s mean to him and to his Tsimshian culture. “ An eagle is more than a bird‚ it’s part of our heritage and history” (Walters 47). So‚ naturally‚ when Jed noticed a bullet hole through its body‚ he felt the obligation to nurse it back to full health. During this time‚ Jed became

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    Terito Short Story

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    The first anti-hero Our story starts in an ancient village a very long time ago there lived a young man by the name of Terito‚ he was given a blessing by an ancient being of great power‚ but there was a price for the power. Terito had to give the being two things for the power. The first thing he had to give the being was his looks for which he was forever scarred on his entire head so he donned a mask. The second item was a gift and a curse he had to give the being all of his memories of

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    Potato-Short Story

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    He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life

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    Cael: A Short Story

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    Maybe the voice in Cael’s head was his own. Wake up‚ kid. And he did jerk awake upon hearing this echo through his mind. For a moment he forgot where he was‚ even though he was at home in his own bed. Faint laughter from a corner startled him back to reality and cleared his thoughts. Other voices surrounded him. Pleading‚ weeping‚ screaming. A voice whispered directly into his ear‚ sending chills down his spine. Anyone else might go to a doctor‚ and Cael had in the past‚ but no amount of medicine

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    Short Story: The Water

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    Shaking his head‚ Steve quickly glancing around. "What happened?" He asks‚ trying to pull his throbbing arms down to his side. Unable to move them‚ he looks up to find his hands were tied together above his head. Tracing the rope with his eyes‚ he sees it’s looped around a hook hanging down from a small ceiling rafter. Steve tried to wiggle free‚ but soon realizes the restraints tighten with every movement. Using all of his weight‚ he pulls down on the ropes‚ hoping he could break the small ceiling

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    Hange: A Short Story

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    her eyes. Her head feels heavy‚ as do her eyelids. Hange lets them flutter shut and just listens to the rhythmic‚ soothing noise of the rain outside. “You’re sad‚” somebody observes‚ and Hange grits her teeth and keeps her eyes shut‚ refusing to open them. She wills

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    the drive-thru line moving too slow to no fault of my own. Yet‚ despite all this‚ I was happy at the change of pace. I think it must have been being poor that has made me love philosophy because I can more easily see how all of our lives are so short that it becomes absurd to care about many material things. I suppose that my love for thinking about living and how to act merited me to become a Telluride Association Summer Program finalist among the hundreds that have applied and had made me want

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