One cold morning‚ just as the sun had risen above High Street‚ two men‚ both in black‚ dashed hurriedly out of the Merlin Bank. One of the men wore a beard‚ and both were trim and fit looking‚ in their late thirties or early forties. They both carried briefcases‚ from which large denominations of banknotes were poking out; the first man was also carrying a sack with rectangular shaped packets silhouetted against the side; he called out to the one following‚ “Get a move on‚ Gilbert; we will miss our
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I had been overwhelmed with the thought of cheer tryouts coming up. Completely submerged in the routines‚ trying to perfect every step. Thinking about tryouts worried me more than anything. I stayed cool‚ calm‚ and collected around my friends so that I didn’t stress them out any more than they already were. Every girl‚ whose goal was to be on the team‚ was on edge‚ waiting for that day. I knew that being a cheerleader on the varsity team was what I wanted most‚ and I was doing anything and everything
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“Yay!” I said when I got the goldfish. There were 2 of them. “I want to hold it‚ too.” my sister said‚ politely. ... I was 8 years old at that time; so‚ I didn’t know that having fish was the worst idea EVER. We were in Alhambra‚ LA‚ and there was a fair. There was also a fish game and if you got a marble into the cup‚ then you will with 2 goldfish. There were lots of games‚ it was very dense there‚ too. It was a lot of fun. We went to Yogurtland (a frozen yogurt place) It was like a flood of people
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Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow. Life should be lived to its fullest. It should not be wasted. It should be embraced. When we are faced with agony‚ we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who
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EternalSleep A K Beck Chugga Chugga Thump Zing Digger0127 backed away from the neatly dug grave and retracted its powerful arms. If Digger had the capability‚ it would have been pleased with a job well done. However‚ Digger was an AI machine‚ and did what it was programmed to do. The owners of EternalSleep were initially reluctant to use AI‚ but in due course relented and purchased several Grounds. It was a cost-effective decision. Grass was mowed‚ shrubbery trimmed‚ decaying flowers whisked away
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Ailduin ran his hand through his long black hair and rubbed his neck with a sigh. "Yeah‚ being around Zoroail isn’t exactly easy‚ or pleasant most of the time. He is not good with other people‚ not even in his own race." Ailduin paused and closed his eyes a look on his face that told Amalthea he didn’t mean to say something. "Well I guess since you are stuck with him I will tell you a bit about him. Zoroail isn’t a normal human‚ he is from Zagrazat‚ it’s an island nation far from here past the Iileria
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It’s the same oak tree every day‚ some leaves are pale as paper‚ some dark as pitch; some rich as chocolate‚ and some poor thin shreds‚ there life on the tree almost ending as there about to fall‚ each year around this time of year they cover the woodland floor. From clasped grey buds bursting into bronze‚ opening into this year’s glorious spring and deepening into one of the best summer’s green before colouring in autumn and falling precisely here. It’s a simple life‚ before I deployed‚ I was very
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“Not long after ice nine took over‚ the world became something I did not want to be apart of. H. Lowe Crosby and his wife Hazel died soon after Newt and I met Bokonon. They too did not feel excitement anymore and took their lives together. Frank died from being purely insane because he watched his ant farm for endless hours. I stopped talking to that frenzied man after he mentioned that he would create human-sized ants. Only Bokonon‚ Newt‚ and I were left on San Lorenzo‚ and possibly the entire earth
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Why does T-Ray care if Lily lives at August’s house for the rest of her life? He has never cared about Lily before. First‚ T-Ray treats Lily like a bag of garbage. He yells at her for the silliest reasons. One time her yelled at her for reading her book while she was working his peach stand. He said he wanted her to just sit all day and sell peaches but no one even came to buy them. Another cruel thing T-Ray did to Lily is slap her. When T-Ray found Lily at August’s house‚ Lily refused to go home
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Cadet Alder‚ and Zenith‚ are surveying the rocky terrain. The sun beams reflect off the reflective rocks. Life on this harsh world tunnel underground for water and nutrients to survive. It’s dead silent other than the footstep of the two cadets. The hot and dry air‚ makes you want to drink water with each step. So sign of tree for miles and you know when a fire is burning and the edges of the flame makes what you see goes wavy? Well‚ everything was seen wavy through horrid heat. Alder exhausted exclaims
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