was lost‚ for I had nothing to say. I was a mime walking. What should someone do when the most important person in their life dies? Do you sit there‚ do you cry‚ do you ignore everyone? The funeral lasted for an hour and thirty-two minutes‚ from start to finish‚ in a church dressed for the occasion.This funeral was also one of which I was prepared to speak at. Not to people or to an audience‚ but to God. We were in a Holy Church honoring a corpse but that isn’t what I wanted. I wanted her and her
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I’m standing right at the edge of what it seems like the end. My little toes hug the sides of the edge‚ begging not to take one more step closer. I stare into the calm blue beast beneath me and it stares right back. I could tell that the beast knew how scared and nervous I was. I cautiously dipped my right foot into the water; big toe first and the rest followed. “There is no way I can do this‚” I thought to myself. “The water is not the right temperature‚ the lifeguard is not going to help me‚ my
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Cuauhtemoc the cat sprinted alongside the Spirit of the forest‚ and his tail flapped behind him like a flag. Occasionally he would stumble--not just because the ground was uneven but because things kept erupting out of it. A fleet of deer‚ a flight of squirrels‚ mounds of loamy soil‚ mazes of dewy grass‚ a kitten crying out at the first light of the sun‚ a lion exulting over a meal. All the while‚ a chorus of golden birds followed them and sang a dizzy tune to the beat of their Mother. The Spirit
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only spiked her adrenaline‚ igniting the familiar burst of energy she had felt before any promising battle. This battle‚ as Adam had already pointed out‚ wasn’t worth their time‚ but it was still a significant milestone for Adam who hadn’t actively participated in any duels since his early retirement. It was sure to do them both some good practicing some old habits in case they would encounter real problems and stronger opponents ahead. Fei didn’t think her body would remember her own
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reaching over for the pilot’s headset. This action had most likely make the plane location not work. Brian begins to accept the fact that the search planes might not rescue him for a few days.Panic‚ Brian felt works to calm himself‚ determined to find something to eat and to make a shelter. Brian recalls the time he spent playing in the city park with his best friend Terry‚ who he suddenly wishes were with him.
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The short story‚ “The plan‚” is about the narrator‚ the protagonist of the story‚ who strongly believed that Greg and Amanda‚ partners in crime‚ wanted to kill her in order to have $10 million for themselves. The money was originally stolen by all three people from the bank. The story takes place in modern day California where a lot of bank robbery happens in real life to make the story seem more realistical. Since this story is told in the narrator’s perspective as though he or she was retelling
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US Stories Answer Key The Gift of the Magi by O Henry Pre-reading exercises Key vocabulary Describing the flat 1 1i; 2d; 3h; 4a; 5f; 6b; 7e; 8g; 9j; 10c; 11k Talking about money and the lack of it 1 a‚ d 2 b‚ e 3 c‚ f Main themes 2‚ 3 Student’s own answers Post-reading exercises Understanding the story 1 By being very careful how much she spent on food. 2 To confirm the amount; perhaps she hoped she had made a mistake and there would be
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Kara Howland October 10‚ 2002 M‚R‚F-10am "VANKA" After reading the story entitled Vanka I was both amused and saddened. Vanka was a poor orphan child who was obviously quite desperate due to the miserable conditions of his life. The child Vanka is reaching out in desperation to his grandfather much like any individual might reach out to a higher authority that he or she believes in with great faith and hope. As is often the case in seemingly hopeless situations‚ people will promise things
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Reyes. Author: Amy Tan. Jing-Mei Woo’s mother arrives in the United States in 1949 after losing her entire family including her first husband‚ their infant twin daughters‚ and her parents. Elijah: Once she settles in America‚ she never looks back. She believes that if you live in America‚ you can do and be anything you want. Jeremiah: She wants and pressures her daughter to become a child prodigy‚ but her daughter wants to be herself. Then towards the end the daughter realizes she could’ve been a prodigy
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all of the sudden it stopped. After about thirty minutes of this the left and then the Metcalfs. When they all left my family came over and we all cried with each other and eventually talked about random things. “So how did it happen‚ Mom?” I asked her. Dad suddenly piped up and told me how he crashed his bike. “I was riding and I turned the corner on the trail and hit a root and my handlebar hit a tree that is when I broke my ulna and then I flipped over and landed on my back and I flipped over
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