Importance Of Thanksgiving

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Among the swooshing of the waves and the smell of sea salt I planned my evil prank deviously. (Prepositional Phrase First) Well, the rest of my family will sit over there, and they'll be running straight to the water all throughout there, so I’ll dig right around...here. I thought as I stopped at my distinguished digging point. It was a few feet to the left of where I expected my family to be, since I only wanted to catch one person- my sister.

I ran over to where my aunt was setting down the netted bag of sand toys and snatched up a meek, plastic shovel, racing back to my spot before someone else could take it. Chuckling to myself while imagining my poor twin falling tragically into a large mass of emptiness, I began to dig diligently. (Present Participle) I knew I had to complete the hole today because my sister would be back tomorrow and I couldn't risk her catching me in the act. Boy how furious she was going to be. I was so proud of myself for thinking of such a grand idea to get her back.
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I had created a gap roughly two feet in width, about three feet deep. Not too bad if I do say so myself.

I stole a towel from my family’s stack of beach towels and lay it down to cover the gap in the sand I had created. It fit perfectly, and my work was complete. Now all I had to do was wait for the following day.
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As daylight arrived and my father woke us up for breakfast with the family, I could not keep a straight face.

“What time are we going to the beach?” I asked

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