Personal Narrative: Running

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Running
It was a cold and windy night. The darkness almost made it impossible to see. The only light was the full moon illuminating the forest. The stars shone down on me like a thousand firelights. It was perfect. But some things never last, because instead of admiring the beauty of the night, I was running. Running through the forest with all the strength I had left. My legs begged me to stop while my lungs almost gave out. When I stopped to listen, the only sounds were the uneven breaths I gave out. Then I heard the sound of dogs, later followed by the light of the flashlights through the thickness of the trees. I started running again. I ran and ran until I reached a cliff. I tried to turn around to start running again, but when I did, I saw them. The yellow eyes of the monsters that wanted me dead. There were three of them. Their lips curled to show a terrifying smile. Soon the dogs came out from the bushes and shadows of the trees to stand by their owners.
I was terrified. My heart beat so hard I thought it would burst. Fear clouded my judgment and I tried to run past them. They stopped me and held me down. I tried to get out of their death grip but it was no use. When I looked up, I was met by the fangs and growls of the dogs. At one final attempt to escape, I kicked and punched. But it was no use. Suddenly I felt something on the
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I looked behind me and saw that I was being trailed by at least five armed men. I looked forward and stopped so fast it nearly threw me off balance. In front of me were three more armed men. I looked to my left and saw a window. Without thinking, I ran to the window and crashed through it with so much force that it shattered into millions of pieces. I dropped to the floor, surrounded by shards of glass. But the men were behind me, so I stood up and ran across the glass. I could feel the glass cutting deep into my feet, but I ignored the pain and kept

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