The Doorbell Rang

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    nobody else there, unless you count the old janitor cleaning the toilet beside her. But she was half blind and partially deaf, Emily pretty sure she was. Beside, she had erased the old lady’s memory for good measure. So she wasn’t actually lying. Alice looked at her suspiciously, but decided that she probably better not knowing. “Pizza tonight?” Emily, finding her wings to be in the way of anything remotely comfortable, was already wearing track suit and sipping beer in the sofa, a bag of bbq flavoured chips in hand. “Already ordered. You know, I thought guardian angel did not eat human food?” Alice said as she lazily plopped back to the sofa. “Or drink beer.” “We did not need it. I just like it.” Was her only explanation before the doorbell…

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    plan for today, I know your one year anniversary with him is today?” my mother asked. “I do not know mom, Marco does not want to tell me where he is taking me yet. He says it’s a surprise,” I answered. “Hopefully he takes you somewhere elegant” my mother said. “We will see mom, well I have things to do in the mean time before I leave tonight” telling my mom. She walked out my room. All I can think about was “what does he have plan” over and over again in my head. The love I had for this guy…

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    business nearby. She moved into a safer neighbourhood and now lives in a bigger house with her husband and two kids. Jake her husband is a police officer, her son Luke is 15 and her daughter Shay is 4. There are the family Rachel always wanted. They’re a perfect family. Laura and Rachel haven’t seen each other since high school, but that all changed. Rachel thought it would be nice if Luke would invite his girlfriend and mother over for dinner.…

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    Valerie Persuasive Speech

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    me and this made me so mad that I would bark viciously at him until Valerie yelled for me to stop. He would only laugh and take Valerie away by the waist, leaving me alone. He was around for a while and Valerie would become more and more immersed with him. She started wearing a sparkling rock on her finger after a while. One day Valerie came home without the man, with long black tears streaming down her face. I was so happy that the man wasn’t there so I wagged my tail so we could maybe play or…

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    Babylon Revisited Theme

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    But he knew what his main purpose was, and that was to take his daughter back home with him. Even though, she had already said that it was not a good idea. He was going to try one last time. He went desperately back to Marion’s house, to try to convince her that he was a changed man. After pleading his case, she realized that his daughter needed him. They were both excited that they were going to get to go back to Charlie’s home together. Needless to say, he did not know the plans would change.…

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    of everything I still believe people are really good at heart," proves to me that Anne hoped the Nazis would change and realize that what they were doing to her family, all Jews was wrong. "A giant flame came up, I thought it was wonderful," in this sentence on page 362 line 6, Anne reflected a positive mood and looked at what she had versus what she didn't have. She was brave throughout the whole situation. She had to share her room with Mr.Dussel. For a 13-year old that would be pretty weird…

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    now watching TV in my bed it this time when I think about my bait. At least that is what I refer to him as. I have known this man for more than two years and he still finds ways to creep back in my life and in my bed. It’s been about two weeks since we have shared each other and two weeks before that and I am in need of his fix. I sent him a text message right when I arrived home but haven’t heard anything yet. I must have dosed off when the doorbell rang followed by a knock on the door. Oh…

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    The Hobbit: A Short Story

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    though I was mad that Jenna didn’t tell me, I put her situation in my own shoes. Before I sat down at the table, her dad asked me if I want pancakes or waffle, turkey bacon, and an omelet, so I just asked for a little of everything. He joined us at the table, to his breakfast and wait for her brother. When Abraham came down, his dad got up and grabbed the key. He told her mom “nahn nadhhab alana. wadaeaan”, which her mom said means “we’re heading out now, bye”. When they left it was just Jenna,…

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    There it was, staring at me with its beady little eyes lined with black going down its furry white head. A badger. More specifically, a badger on a black and yellow coat of arms. This was my destiny according to the creator of the Harry Potter Universe, J.K Rowling after I took the House quiz on Pottermore. I was a just, loyal, patient, and “unafraid of toil” Hufflepuff. Yes, Hufflepuff, the house that no one cares about. I imagined myself as the brave and courageous lion of Gryffindor or the…

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    “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” said T.R. I believed that up to this day. Deep within my chest I feel my heart start racing. The panic sets into my mind that I was going to get killed.then be robbed. The mask covered his ragged face from the value of others. The peace of the medal was sticking to his trigger finger . The doorbell rings and everything froze in time. One cold, snowy winter day I was enjoying my snow day off from school. the cup of peppermint tea I had just brewed in…

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