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Whitby Abbey Narrative-revisions Draft I was cold,hungry, and scared I had ran away from home. Fortunately my best friends found me and insisted on coming with me. We were 3 kids far from home and then it started thundering. So we looked for some shelter. Then we saw a sign it said welcome to whitby abbey. We realized that we had learned about that in the orphanage. Then all of a sudden we heard sticks crackling behind us. We figured it was just a squirrel or something. Then we saw a group of…

My right foot slams on the brakes as my ears register the sound of metal on metal. I throw my car into reverse, before jumping out to assess the damage. An otherwise pristine, navy blue BMW is blemished, two chips of paint missing to reveal the white plaster underneath. Acutely aware of the crowded parking lot, I revert to autopilot, parking my car with the careful precision I had not employed since my license test six months earlier. I slowly crawl out of my car to peek at the scratch one more…

1. The dark weary feel of a cemetery can be matched by nothing. There is nothing more scary and creepier than a cemetary at night. Thinking of all the bodies and bones buried beneath the layer of dirt beneath your feet. One evening we were taking my grandmother to my pawpaws grave to replace the old withered flowers that we had previously put there the month before. For some odd reason, when we began to leave the car wouldn't crank, because the battery had died. Now we were stuck with no…

I chose the article titled, “To Brake or Accelerate When the Light Turns Yellow?”, which begins to examine how the effects of stress differ between two age groups of younger and older participants. Specifically, how stress alters the decision making while operating a motor vehicle which is something most people do almost every day. These participants were asked to play a driving game in two conditions of either a controlled group setting or the experimental group setting that had to play after a…

Anyone that has ever lost their smartphone knows that it is like walking through Antarctica with no clothes; the amount of chills you get are almost unbearable. You start frantically looking everywhere for it, fearing the worst. Your heart pounds with panic as you race up and down your house. Or in my case, racing through the Serbian woods. It was a peaceful day in Serbia, my home country. I now live in the U.S but my grandparents still live in Serbia. My brother and I, who was 10, had come from…

It was a dark and stormy night, the wind was howling and the rain was torrential. The highway seemed like a never-ending stretch of nothingness and but one pair of lights shone through the treacherous weather. The driver, an 18-year-old-girl with wavy brunette locks and emerald-green eyes, squinted as she forced her white Honda Civic through the weather. 1:21 the clock read, the girl reached to turn on the radio, but all she heard was static. That's when it happened. A sudden loud crash, a…

I took the path I had walked a thousand times. I knew every curve in the road, every sight to be seen surrounding it. I knew everyone who lived even close to the road. So again I strolled. Somehow, I knew today it would be different, I don’t know how I knew, I just did. Crenshaw Amusement Park, Since 1917. This sign wasn’t here before. I had never even seen people come down this road to visit the park. It sounded fun. I shrugged and began to sneak down the driveway, where I assumed I would be…

Imagine this, you’re just a young three year old boy, and you stand staring out the window, hours on end. You continue to wait and eventually nighttime falls. Finally, you start drifting off, oh how closing your eyes feels so wonderful at this time, even though you feel shame and heartbreak. Just then you see headlights take a left and pull into your graveled driveway. The wait is over, hours of staring out the window have ended and a man opens the door gets out one leg at a time, and starts…

So carefully, after waiting until I knew Ma wasn’t going to wake up, I crept outside into the winter air that was as cold yet placid, and began to walk to the harbor. Walking along the main street that lead straight to where the Sons of Liberty, and my Pa, were gathering before going to the harbor. The location was unknown to anyone outside of the Sons of Liberty, but Pa had spoken to a fellow Son of Liberty and I just happened to hear every word, including the location of the meeting. It…

Tips For Replacing Your Vehicle’s Serpentine Belt While many drivers know that they need to do things like change their vehicle’s oil and air filters, some other parts of the car often are ignored. One part in particular that can wear down is the vehicle’s serpentine belt. If this part breaks while you’re driving, your car will be unable to run and you’ll need to have it repaired immediately. Thankfully, it’s easy to replace a serpentine belt when you notice wear to prevent this from happening.…