The muskrat sold cologne from door to door. He had a vague sense of hope for the day his black briefcase of bottles would cease to rattle and leak. He walked from door to door‚ street to street‚ home to home. The skunk flicked him a pity scent. The chipmunk despised “such worldly vanities.” One whiff—the ancient frog croaked on the spot. The cat preferred perfume. The muskrat was hard-pressed to move his pungent inventory. He felt helpless and lonely‚ he felt frivolous. Not to mention‚ he could never
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Summaries Beginning: There is a kid named Thomas who wakes up in an elevator‚ with no memory of his other than the fact that his name is thomas. When the elevator opens he is pulled into a glade by a bunch of teenagers who shared a lot of similarities like having a strange vocabulary that Thomas was not familiar with and seemed to have the same fate as Thomas. The glade was an area where it never rains and is surrounded by walls with doors that opens and closes every night and behind those doors
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Long ago‚ Zeus came down from Mount Olympus to a town named Santorini in Ancient Greece to have a child with a mortal woman that was very beautiful. This woman lived near a mountain in Santorini named μεγάλο βουνό. (Great Mountain) The woman finally gave birth to the boy and named him Lavatinos. He was a very curious boy‚ as he grew older he asked more and more questions about where his dad was and why his mom wouldn’t tell him. Eventually his mom became frustrated with all of the questions being
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I was caught on the snare and was screaming for Sophie to come and get me. I heard someone running towards my way and I was hoping it would be her‚ so I kept yelling to tell her where exactly I was. And I look over to my left and there she was staring at me and having very deep breaths. I was moving back and forth still trying to get loose. She had my name while I was looking and then another Bonobo ran away from out a bush and with another young one her back. I was still very aggravated at the time
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One day the god of wine came down to earth and heard about all the shooting in the world. Dionysus flew right back to Olympus and went to Zeus. Dionysus asked Zeus if he can come down to earth and try to stop the shooting. Zeus said‚” Yes you may‚ but please take other gods with you.” Dionysus said‚ “Thank you‚ but I could go alone.” “No‚ you cannot‚’’ said Zeus.” Dionysus asked‚ “ Who may I take then?” “You may take Ares and Hercules‚” said Zeus. Then‚ Dionysus went to go look for Ares and Hercules
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I recognized Francis by three things‚ her strong southern accent‚ her rich intoxicating perfume‚ and the color of her skin. She was my “Black Grandmama.” When I was a little kid‚ my family would drive down to my father’s hometown of New Orleans Louisiana‚ and stay with his parents for months at a time. My grandparents‚ very wealthy‚ had an ensemble of workers. Maids‚ butlers‚ cooks‚ all of which had one thing in common; they were black. Growing up in Dubuque I had very few encounters with people
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There’s something so tragically beautiful about the rain‚ Hange muses to herself as she traces and connects the transparent drops dotting the mullioned window. She can’t deny it: it’s certainly fitting for the given situation. She breathes in and the fiery ache within her lungs doesn’t go away; it only worsens‚ and she fears‚ for a fleeting moment‚ that maybe it’ll burn a cavity through her chest. When she exhales‚ she feels a lump in her throat and a persistent ache behind her eyes. Her head feels
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Once there was a pair of socks that belonged to a little boy. The socks liked the little boy‚ but one of them was not happy. This sock was tired of its same old routine and longed for adventure. It wanted to see what life was like on the other side of the world. Little did this poor sock know what its future would soon hold. It all started on a cold winter day. The little boy’s mother was doing her laundry as usual. She had just finished washing the clothes and was hanging them out on the clothesline
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It was the day of the championship game. The day before I got 1 hit out of 5 at bats. I could not get a hit. All I did was fly out or get walked. I was so mad all I did for the rest of the day was hitting the in the backyard. The day of our final game I was in our backyard hitting. As I was hitting my brother walked outside to help me. He told me to stop hitting so he could tell me what happened yesterday. And when he was talking I really didn’t understand what he was talking about. After he told
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“How have I been so blind and participated in the Lottery all those years?” I said to myself. “Now I know how it felt to be the family who got chosen to do the Lottery and sacrifice one of their family members for this tradition that no longer has a purpose.” Suddenly‚ this anger‚ frustration built up inside me made me yell‚ “You didn’t give him enough time to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair‚” to Mr. Summers. Mrs. Delacroix replied‚ “Be a good sport‚ Tessie.”
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