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Creative Writing: A Day In The Life Of A Gnome
Number of Words: 672 / Number of Pages: 3
... Knob approach her house, Knob's
grandmother whistled for the hummingbird to bring her down so she could greet
him. She greeted him with a loud burp which was a common courtesy among
Gnomanians. After greeting him she also sprinkled him with some of her fairy
dust. She handily carried it around in her turban. She naturally invited him
in for dinner where they ate lots of mosquitoes. After dinner, they watched a
cheap imitation of television. They used a big box to put different animals in
and called it the Discovery channel. By the end of the day Knob was
getting a little weary, so he decided to ...
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Creative Writing: The Chicken
Number of Words: 872 / Number of Pages: 4
... she took them to Maryanne's coup and fed the bugs to
her as a special treat. She also fed Maryanne laying mash which was supposed to
help her lay eggs and keep her healthy.
One morning Sarah went to her mothers chicken coup to feed and water the
chickens and she saw some hens sitting on their nests and they wouldn't get up
to eat or drink. She went into the house and told her mother that some of her
hens were sick because they wouldn't get off the nests. Her mother just smiled
and went with Sarah to tend to the sick hens.
When they got to the chicken coup, Sarah's mother told her that the ...
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Jimmy
Number of Words: 898 / Number of Pages: 4
... would bring
prosperity and success for the family, specifically for him. They had
heard there was rich, fertile land out west. Sadly enough, his parents'
last breaths were drawn only a few hundred miles from their dream. They
had been murdered for nothing more than the few dollars and a couple of
small pieces of jewelry that they had possessed. The murderers had laughed
as they kicked at his dead father, looking for anything of value. They had
been quite sure of themselves and wore no masks. Jimmy could still
remember their faces as if it was yesterday. The murderers would be
brought to justic ...
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My Life In Vietnam And The Move To The United States
Number of Words: 702 / Number of Pages: 3
... left out because of my inability to communicate and adapt with the environment. Some kids assumed that I did not understand them at all, so they made rude remarks about me and my race. I understood them, maybe not completely, but I knew the intent of their messages. All that I had was my Apple II computer at which I just sat and programmed when I came home from school. At home, my parents pressured me to study all of the time, but I was frustrated and wanted to return to Vietnam. I wanted to go back and talk freely with my friends and play games with them and read comic books. My parents often t ...
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Underground To Canada : Mammy Sally's Version
Number of Words: 981 / Number of Pages: 4
... from the kitchen and woke up
Mammy Sally and Mammy Sally said "if we get caught "I know I know" interrupted
Nina " we gonna get whipped tell our days are done working." Well at least you
know" said " Mammy Sally and they left. "So said Mammy Sally" Where is this
secret passage you were talking about" you'll see" said Nina. When they got to
the secret passage Mammy Sally said, "We aint gonna get out with out getting
caught. Nina looked awkwardly at Mammy Sally and said "she is safer than the
underground railway" "how can you ? it "said Mammy Sally. The secret passage was
a hole through the ground an ...
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Creative Writing: A Murder On The Eighth Night Was Caused By An Old Mans "evil" Eye
Number of Words: 348 / Number of Pages: 2
... he let us snoop around the house
to show us that nothing was wrong. He said he had a bad dream. Then when
he took us into the old man's sleeping chamber he started to get real
impatient and started to act weird that is when he confessed the murder to
us." explained a detective. "When we took off the planks we saw the
dismembered body parts and then we arrested him." said detective Smith.
"If it wasn't for that neighbor that heard the scream we would have never
known there was a murder." The butler is now in a hospital for the
criminally insane. The butler is now awaiting his court dates yet to be
a ...
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The Orange Colored Sphere
Number of Words: 593 / Number of Pages: 3
... of that resembles it is a thin person’s belly button.
The way the outside of the orange feels is also interesting. When I first pick up the orange it is cool to the touch. The slightest squeeze will dent the surface, only to just spring right back into shape. I can feel those dime shaped dents easier than I can see them. The surface is also very slick.
My curiosity gets the best of me and now it is time to cut the orange sphere into two halves. As I slice the orange I smell the fresh scent of citrus. As I expected the inside was also orange. The outer edge of the orange starts out colored li ...
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Personal Writing: Death
Number of Words: 674 / Number of Pages: 3
... has died. I never knew her well, so up to this point I did not have much of an emotional reaction to the news. However, I knew that her death would devastate her mother. I doubt any parent takes the death of their child well, a parent never expects to witness the funeral of their child.
My family is invited to the funeral, and we assure the couple we will attend. The following morning my mother, brother and I embark on the trip. It was held at Rosehills in a little white chapel on a hill. We park in a sea of tightly parked cars and walk towards the chapel. I see my aunts outside holding hands ...
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Personal Writing: The Path To The Unknown
Number of Words: 1298 / Number of Pages: 5
... desperate if you ask me. You will also need to go to
U.D. on Saturday for practice. Do you need a ride?"
"O.K." and “Yes,” was all I was able to say. What had I done? I was
not qualified to play in the honors band I stink. I had trouble playing
the music in the high school jazz band, let alone the music that was geared
towards the musically gifted! The next few hours and throughout that night,
I could not think of anything but the mistakes I was going to make on
Saturday during practice. What if I screwed up? What if I was made fun of?
I didn't think I would be able to handle that kind ...
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Creative Writing: A Night Fishing
Number of Words: 1108 / Number of Pages: 5
... nitid sheets. The Abig yellow house@ is where we met. From there we
would do whatever sounded like the most fun. Sometimes it was hanging out and
eating ice cream all night. Other times we would go tick someone off by tee-
peeing their house. And yes, there were even times when we would go fishing at
this lake that was out in the middle of nowhere. We called this lake the back-
lake because it was the lake way in the back of the golf course. One night (a
friends name) and I had an experience there that would shake us up for a long
time to come.
The night started out like a lot of other n ...
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