Personal Narrative: My Running

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Im running. My chest is tight and sore. Breath rasping and whistling in my lungs. There is a voice shouting. Out load. The wind was blowing everything. It was like if there was a tornado. I started sprinting. My chest started burning. The police came out of nowhere and chased me. I ran faster and faster us i got sicker and sicker. I see people whispering. After couple of minutes the whispering turned into shouting, The town of peace turned into the booming town. After 1 mile the police stop chasing me. I rested and took one massive puff. Succeeding 6 hours i was Hungary. Nothing to eat. Left in a desert/forest with nothing left. Dangerously i fell down in the floor with nothing to

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