Odysseus and his tired men land upon a barren island‚ surrounded by crystal waters. They anchored their ship and shuffled off‚ in weary silence. The island was only a raised chunk of smooth white rock‚ with an igloo shaped cave. “We have learned our lesson with Polyphemus‚ we must stay clear of that cave.” Shouted Odysseus. Some men agreed with him‚ but others muttered in disagreement. They group decided to settle down for the night‚ as they longed to sleep on solid land once again‚ even for just
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Lost in an Upside-Down House I knew Wonderworks would be exhilarating‚ but I had no idea how exhilarating it would truly be. It was mid-day in 2009 and my family had traveled to the Wonderworks attraction. The day had been extremely fun thus far‚ but the day quickly went from fun to scary. I was climbing on the climbing wall‚ and was all smiles. “Yay! I’m having so much fun today! Thank you mom and dad!” I screamed out‚ expecting to hear the usual‚ “you’re welcome‚” response‚ but concerned‚ I
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It started like any other day up on the hills of Rhein‚ but that day had the scent of freedom floating in the air. The journey ahead of me had been teasing me for weeks‚ I was just so anxious to get away and start all over again. I had made certain arrangements before I left‚ our family dog was not allowed on the ship that we were going to be arriving in America‚ so I had my parents take care of the dog for us. It was a hard thing to do seeing that the dog had become more than just a pet to the
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The cannon was filled with ammunition‚ ready to fire. BANG! The cannonball stretched in the sky‚ and landed on the other territory. It was in the medieval times‚ 726 AD‚ and located in the kingdom of Caballero‚ and Zaden was a war. Many warriors on horses galloped on the field‚ trying to attack the other side‚ Zaden. These two sides had began a fight against another. Zaden had caused this fight by ambushing Caballero. Zaden desperately wanted territory‚ and decided to ambush its ally. Prince Zakai
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Flames were raging behind Karlie‚ engulfing anything and everything in its way. All that she could feel was the scorching heat and all she could smell was the smoke. Debris blinded Karlie as she tried to escape the horror creeping up behind her. It seemed like fear had caused her to forget that she had just lost everything; her home‚ her parents and her friends. A dagger pierced the layers of Karlie’s heart as a cyclone erupted from her sparkling blue eyes. She knew nothing would ever be the same
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Short Assignment Three: Social Work - Past and Present Times are much different than they used to be‚ however‚ the world seems to be reacting to these problems the same way they did years ago. Most days‚ the general public seems to be preoccupied with the war on terror.’ There is so much going on in this world‚ and yet it is all being categorized as one big issue. This is very similar to some events in the past‚ more specifically‚ The Great Depression. When The Great Depression happened‚ it devastated
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Cabin Story Sitting here by the beach with my two best friends Aketzeli and Jordyn drinking piña colada waking the waves. Well at least I was thinking of the trip being like that. I’m Jasmine I’m 18 and I will be telling you about are trip to Hawaii. We are on are own private plane flying to Hawaii. You are probably thinking why are they going to Hawaii we’ll we just finished school and I thought that on your graduation party I would surprise them to go on a trip with me. Finally we land here
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it controls your actions. Hate ruins your life. It makes you do things you would not otherwise do. It obliterates your happiness‚ and any light you could see. Hate is an awful thing for someone to meet and I wish I never had. I want to tell you the story of how I met hate‚ and how I somehow managed to power through it. It all started a long time ago‚ when I was about six or seven. I lived in North Carolina‚ and I would come visit my family here‚ in South Carolina. I was young‚ so of course‚ I did not
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it off all together. It had been just over one year since he and Theo’s last ’Madison argument’ and since then things had remained relatively peaceful between them. Theo had called Eric and asked if he would be willing to work some upper class social event; Eric happily agreed to help out and just like that‚ a series of unfortunate events was set into motion. In the weeks following Theo’s death‚ Eric spent much of his time in a complete state of shock and depression. He spent countless nights
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Letitia looped Kaylen;’s music and Kaylen didn’t know how to react. She couldn’t move not even a bone‚ the same judge that coughed ‚ “He told Letitia to stop the music” and asked Kaylen “ that she was not ready and to come when she is”. Kaylen went off the stage and hugged Letitia and started crying Letitia told her “what happened you knew how to do the dance “‚ but she didn’t say anything. Another girl was right next to Kaylen ‚ she was shaking of being nervous ‚ but she went on stage with a brave
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