Story Of A Selfish Boy From Legos To Minecraft

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Deep in the vast ocean of suburban life lived a boy who could be very well described as selfish, and alongside him lived a boy across the street who was the same age as the selfish boy. These two kids could be summarized as the best pair of buddies that could only be found in stories. They did everything together from playing Legos to Minecraft. Some days they would practice their baseball skills by trying to hit a ball over the fence from fifty yards away. Other days they would try to chip in golf balls into a trampoline that had a monstrously tall screen encircled around it.
They did everything together, however; they both attended different schools. The selfish boy would attend a public school while his friend, an only child, would attend
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At first he did not mind them for he thought they would find other people to play with and be gone, however; the boy began to notice that if he left the house no more than five minutes later would one of his siblings come over. Annoyed, the boy began to grow more irritated at his siblings and his friend who he thought only needed him as a friend and no one else.
Around the fifth grade, Jimmy, noticed a new face in his class a boy named Martin. Jimmy after pondering who this new face was, walked over and began to converse with the golden crisp boy. It turned out that this boy had moved from Europe because of his parent’s job. After a couple days of hanging out Jimmy and Martian discovered that they lived very close to each other. Jimmy began to think at that moment if his siblings would dominate his current friend then Jimmy would just be friends with Martin. A selfish thought that would haunt Jimmy
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Jimmy was always part of after school activities therefore he was never went home until late. It was not until his days summer break did he feel truly alone. Unlike the majority of kids in his school, Jimmy lived in the outer zone of the school and had no friends that lived around where he lived. Jimmy would try to ignore these facts and throw himself into whatever he could, trying to run away from the dark, cold truth that he was alone not by force but by choice. Day after day Jimmy would take a walk around the neighborhood to clear his mind and look at what he should had done and what he had chosen. Always seeing his neighbor happy or gone while he was in despair. No matter how many times he wanted to blame Luke he knew deep in him that he drove away Luke. Till this very day Jimmy has thought of what he gained, loved, and lost hoping someday he can enjoy the bliss he felt years ago with his old

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