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CHAPTER ONE Rickety Knees “Two decrepit trolls sipping ice tea on the seashore in their underwear stood and peered at me through the palm fronds,” Gramps told me. I gasped—shocked. Though I shouldn’t have been. I knew growing up, that Grandpa Greene was the most fascinating man breathing. He had crossed oceans with pirates and deserts on dragons, spoke at least four different languages including elfish, tinkered with magic a bit and practiced sword fighting with a gnome. “So what you do?”…

Do You Think You Have Character? When faced with a conflict do you think you have the character to overcome it, and deal with it? When society around you has a direct set of rules that everyone follows, do you think you would also be able to follow those rules? Character can be defined in two ways, the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual, or a person in a novel, play or movie. The difference of the two is, one is how you truly are and the other is just a mask of…

Frozen toes and red ears. Pink windburned cheeks and chapped lips. Can you feel it? The rush of cold winter air over your face. Can you picture it? A winter wonderland with slopes, lifts, and free people. Spotlights shining down on you and illuminating the glistening snow. Sundown, a place people go for thrills and fun during the winter. Not everyone departs with a good memory in mind. If you’re not careful you might leave with a traumatic experience and broken bones. Sundown is a place not too…

After reading “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore I can understand what he means when he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine, the tragedy is that my story could have been his”. This is about two men who each had their own struggle growing up but one was able to succeed in life while the other is facing a life sentence behind bars. Wes Moore could have had a similar life as the other Wes Moore if his mother would have just given up on him. Credit should not be given…

"How was your first day?!" My mom called from the kitchen as I slammed the door to the apartment. "Great, just great." I muttered. My mom emerged from the kitchen, wiping her hands on a towel and frowning. Her brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she was still in her work clothes. My mom works at the hair shop down the street, it doesn 't bring in much money but it 's enough to keep us alive, I suppose. "Was that sarcasm that I heard?" She cocked an eyebrow at me questionably. "Sorry."…

We all have different views on what competition really is. Competition is used in everyday life. We naturally think that everything is a competition. Since we all view competition differently, then competition can mean different things to us. Competition is a reason why some people are successful. Famous people have used competition to become successful in what they do. That is why we should try to succeed in competition. Competition not only helps success happen and goals become achieved, but…

“My first time volunteering in the collection rooms,” she admitted with the slight shrug of a shoulder. “A beginner.” I took over holding the cotton and bent my arm. “I don’t know how I feel about being experimented on by an amateur.” She snorted. “I’m competent, I can assure you.” “So you know everything there is to know about me, it’s only fair you at least tell me one thing.” “What do you want to know?” I asked and glances briefly at the camera. “Your name?” “That’s not the way it…

Luci opened the door and my parent’s faces were speechless. “It 's so beautiful” my mother spoke. “Look at the tree honey” my father pointed to the ice tree. “Happy Christmas mum and dad” I walked over to hug them; they hugged me back. “I see you got creative with the decorations” my father replied surprised. “Well Luci helped me figure out that” we broke apart from the embrace. My parents were still in there PJ’s dad in his navy blue and black PJ’s; mom in her red PJ’s they had little dogs…

The Pole that Split a Friendship Jacob might have been a very superstitious person who had weird habits, but it didn’t change the fact that he was my best friend. We did everything together from the minute we met, most people found his superstitious ways weird, but I had grown to like them. As the ambulance carried him away I was in tears knowing that our friendship was over, and the only thing I could blame was that pole. May came in full heat with soaking temperatures, and the only thing on…

One: The Great Divide Rebecca bolted upright in the morning chill, her heart pounding furiously in her chest. She lay breathless and a little dazed, having no idea where she was. Gradually, as the haze lifted and her pulse slowed, she rolled over and propped herself up on an elbow and was relieved to see her mother standing by her bed. "I dreamt I saw flames pouring out of chimneys and soaring into the sky again." As she wiped the sleep out of her eyes, she noticed her mother was placing…