So‚ turning on the TV‚ he turned down the sound and poured himself a full glass once he opened the bottle. As he sat in the recliner with the glass in his hand‚ he took one sip and then another before drinking the entire glass in two gulps thinking he could get a little bit of sleep if he drank just enough to get a buzz and take the edge off the nightmare. Unfortunately‚ it didn’t take a medical degree or one in psychology to know he was suffering from PTSD or that he was extremely depressed. As
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About two years ago i was in branson with a friend she really wanted to go ziplining and i was ok with that so we were all hyped up. We signed in and payed a whole lot of money to do it . about 30 minutes later the lady told us it was our turn to strap up! My heart was racing and i had butterflies in my stomach i was horrified. I knew this wasn’t going to turn out well . I had been Ziplining before but‚ First it wasn’t at night and second it was 100 feet in the air! I was very scared we got in
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being performed by Maxwell to save that young woman’s life‚ Isolde he learned was her name. "I didn’t see any problem with it." "Gwaine‚ you’d sleep with a—" "Merlin‚" Arthur huffed in irritation‚ putting a stop to the banter before it started. Those two had a way of turning harmless teasing into foul insults not acceptable to anyone’s ears‚ let alone a lady’s. "We have more serious matters on hand. Percival‚ the one found in the officer
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As Jim and Bob came running down the boulevard‚ they saw an elderly women struggling with carrying her groceries into her house. She had been hard of hearing‚ so Jim had to repeat himself about three times until she understood what they were saying. She mumbled‚ “Thank you so very much for extending an olive branch to a helpless women like me.” The old woman wound up giving them a little tip for helping her without her asking. Since they are young‚ and have never seen her before they did not respond
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How to read and write a short story Grade Level: 6th Grade Subject/Topic Areas: Language Arts Time Frame: 5 weeks Links to Content Standards: Connecticut State Content Standard One: Reading and Responding Connecticut State Content Standard Two: Exploring and Responding to Literature Connecticut State Content Standard Three: Communicating with Others Brief Summary of Unit: This unit is a launch for student learning of the structure and elements of a story. It will serve as a springboard
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It was a chilly fall morning ‚ kids were outside playing and laughing‚ having a good time. But that soon was going to change. My friend karl has always been nice to me even though i was jewish and he wasn’t. Most of the kids weren’t that nice to us during the Holocaust time period. Me being jewish started a lot of problems with karl and me vs the world. I will tell you how it started. It was a quiet night it had been like that for awhile now. I soon fell asleep. In the middle of the night people
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“The story of an hour‚” by Kate Chopin focuses on the idea of freedom. This short story is about the protagonist‚ named Louise‚ who finds out that her husband has been in an accident and died. She has many feelings‚ but the one that she enjoyed the most was the freedom she would now have. “Hence‚ Brentley’s death is not tragic to her because it gives her own life back to her” (Rosenblum‚ 7). Her freedom is quickly taken away from her‚ when her husband walks through the front door. The theme is‚ even
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his brothers from his gang. They also have over 15 native Dominican animals in their 1000 square foot home‚ all of which are endangered species. “Hey man” said Monty. Monty has been Dante’s best friend since they were five and although He is just two years older than Dante‚ he respects and looks up to Monty like the father he never had. “We gotta get outa here‚ continued Monty‚ “We can’t keep livin like this. Guys are being Killed like flies here‚ and we could be next!” Dante paused for a second
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Ryan‚ Conner‚ and Ethan‚” I said walking out to the picture mound. I threw a perfect curve ball which caught the corner of the strike zone. “Strike one‚” Maison calls from the outfield. Next pitch I threw a fastball‚ which Ryan and missed. “Strike two‚” I say pumping My next I made him chase outside for the last strike. “Strike three‚” Alex calls from first base. I threw a curve ball right down the middle‚ which Conner hit over by the woodchip area. I desperately ran over
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It disappeared in an instant. What use to be five years of best friendship‚ was now shattered… It all started on December 14th‚ which was Bethsabees sixteenth birthday. Auburn was a year younger than she was‚ although consistently acted as if she was 21 and living in the great: Beverly Hills. She was jealous… and decided to through Bee a birthday party‚ hoping that being the best friend at a birthday party means she would get tons of attention. She had planned this for years‚ soon realizing that
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