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    It was cold and ordinary evening on March 5, 1770, when I was walking down King street with my friend Henry. As were walking past the Custom House a young wig maker's apprentice walked up to a British soldier and insulted him because he had not payed for a wig. Another British soldier had walked out and scolded the young boy for disrespecting a British soldier. The boy exchanged insults with the soldier so he pulled out his musket and struck the boy on the side of the head. A stream of chills…

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    gigantic sharp teeth, claws and freakishly large eyes and tails and some where flying above us. The man who was behind us was picked up by one of those hellish creatures, it took him high in the air before letting him go, he screamed out a woman's name before landing head first. I screamed at what I just witness which caused the man who's holding me to turn around to see his friend, who's now dead and headless. He gasp but continues back around, running faster. I'm shocked to see that man's body…

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    Hachiro POV: Walking through the forest, I take a whiff of the brisk morning air. It's a little chilly, but overall it's a nice day. Looking in the sky, I notice the sun starting to rise. "Well, NiKe and the other guy...what was his name again? oh yeah, Hanate. They are probably awake by now, unless they are still too drunk." While walking, the path seems so familiar. It's as if I have been here before. The forest suddenly seems to have a dark, animus feeling to it. Nefarious memories flash…

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    Essay On Homeless Person

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    road. It's already dark and youre on a long road with very little street lights but you would be like 20 miles away from a gas station and close to the city. Little before ariving to the gas station you see a man from far distance view on his knees but youre thinking he's just a homeless man but its strange that he has an axe and he's just plowing that into the ground and youre thinking…

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    obsolete, Mead shows retrogressive tendencies as he takes nightly walks throughout his city in which many citizens appear as sluggish and addicted to television. One night while walking and observing the soulless families hiding behind the flashing lights of television screens, a robotic police officer arrests him for walking, an activity scrutinized as abnormal in this surrealistic age. Bradbury authors his short story following the television's invention to illustrate its negative effects in…

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    The Beach: A Short Story

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    seat with Arnold contemplating all her options to escape. She ask “Where are we going Arnold” “ We need to stop by a Bass pro to grab some supplies there”. As they entered bass pro Connie saw a poster that had Arnold 's picture on it and said wanted dead or alive for murdering 3 women and escaping prison. Connie walked in bass pro anxious. she said nervously “Hey i 'm going to go to the clothes” Arnold said “ok ill meet you at the register when you 're ready”. Connie was thinking of ways to get…

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    in her eyes which is beyond sensational, while my parents in the back feeling proud and giving us moral support. “Yvaine, she’s delightful,” I said with glee, saying all her hard work of labour was worth it. “She got it from her old man,” Dunstan boasted while walking towards Salem to get a better look with arms crossed. “Dunstan!” Una responded. “Salem huh? I love it,” I agreed. It had been 10 months since my coronation of being the ruler of Stormhold and that whole witch crisis, Yvaine was…

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    and Frankie Setting: A one room school house in the winter of 1910 in Northern New Jersey during a snow storm. Mrs. Jones-Smith: (enter stage right) Time for school! (She says calling out to school yard) No one answers because they are still walking to school in the snow. Mrs. Jones-Smith: Oh students! (She looks frantically around, thinking maybe they’ve frozen to death! She begins to mutter to herself) Ohhhhhh……what if they’ve died in the snow. (She returns to her desk to pack up and…

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    Girl Stolen Book Report

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    They start walking in the direction of the road when Griffin steps in an animal’s den hole and twists his ankle. The pain is too horrible to bear and he decided he can’t hop two more miles to the road. He sends Cheyenne in the general direction of the road and tells…

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    Grainger Street Monologue

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    around the christmas madness a boy is walking around. He is completely unaware of something life changing that is gonna hit his life soon. He has sandy blonde curly hair that is partially covered by a grey wolly hat, hes wearing a black warm jacket with sweatpants and vans. Wrapped under his shirt the wires from his headphones are just hanging loose on his chest while hes talking to a group of friends. Over his shoulder hangs a black backpack. They are walking up Grainger Street. With him is a…

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