“I got Fruity Pebbles,” David says before setting down his load of groceries in the middle of the tiled kitchen floor.
“Cool, thanks.”
He opens the refrigerator door with his
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“I got Fruity Pebbles,” David says before setting down his load of groceries in the middle of the tiled kitchen floor.
“Cool, thanks.”
He opens the refrigerator door with his
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The quiet that came with being on land was what annoyed the commodore most. A vessel underway had music to it, men and machine moving in time as if playing a symphony with him as the conductor. At the ... [+]
Like garden weeds, the worries of Vost Saepe seemed to appear everywhere in his life. They were omnipresent and vicious: in work, in school, with friends, at church. There was no escaping. Before ... [+]
You seem disoriented.
It can’t really be helped, what you just went through is pretty shocking. Although, to be honest, it’s actually a minor occurrence in the grand scheme of things. Afte
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from: care_bentley@gmail.com
to: help@auwildlife.org
Sent 05/06 2:19 PM
Dear AWPS,
My daughter and I have still not received our koala.
I acknowledge that there may be difficulties
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I saw my children enter my humble abode earlier this morning, with sullen expressions on their face. I was confused. “What is wrong young ones?” I inquired as they were quite happy yesterday yet ... [+]
Glacier's purple spotted tongue, common to the Malamute Breed, displayed a joyousness that few humans dare to dream of.
But in this moment I dared. We were a team after all. And like a team
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One afternoon I was driving up the mountain to the place my grandparents used to live. It was a warm day for fall, but it was still overcast. It was the kind of day that you idolize when you dream of ... [+]
Huff and puff went Abe, his short legs brough him across the wide grass plain. He held his favored toy truck in both of his hands.
“Hello!” He shouted into the trees. “I’m back!” His
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I let go of my most important friendship. I bad-mouthed my parents under my breath. I constantly searched for approval.
I met people who were more successful than me and compared myself to
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The road stretched across the desert like a flattened serpent. It was a highway, but was rarely used anymore. A new highway had been constructed that traveled in a much straighter line. This old one ... [+]
It hung right above her bed, a spot of color on the white wall of her dorm room. Every morning, she woke up to the picture looming over her.
Why did she have it up? Of all the possible
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The beast sunk into his chair, hazily gazing at the ceiling of the darkened room, nothing but the faint glow of fire and moonlight illuminating the outline of his satin throws and pillows. As he tried ... [+]
There was once was a lady that lived in a shoe
She had lots of kids, and knew not what to do
She had twenty children, but they all were lazy.
They wouldn't do anything, and it drove he
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It is a lonely life chasing inspiration.
Perhaps there are those who believe my eight sisters and I to be wellsprings of idea, belief, and inspiration; but one cannot enliven that which is dead
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