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A Father's Gift The visitor, on that morning before Easter, was a middle-aged, shabby-looking fellow, in white clothes with a queer waistcoat of light gray color. His small, neglected beard gave the impression that he had, perhaps, merely abandoned
The summer weather this year has been even more unexpredictable than usual. Yesterday was no exception. My day at work had not gone pariticularly well and I returned home in a bit of a mood. My parents are staying for a few days and they were watchi
He couldnt find his pen. Where is my pen, he wondered. He looked for his pen. It was on top of the microwave. He couldnt find his cell phone. Where is my cell phone, he wondered. He looked for his cell phone. It was on top of the TV. He couldnt find
Some people stood on the small pier. They saw a boat approach. The boat was approaching fast. The boat was approaching the small pier. Was the boat going to stop? People started running. They started running off the pier. They were worried. They were
He called up the post office. Where is my package? he asked. What is the tracking number? the postal worker asked. He told her the tracking number. She said, Your package is at the main post office. You can pick it up anytime. He said, I dont want to
Ed looked at the kitchen floor. The kitchen floor was dirty. There were little pieces of food on the floor. Ed saw bread crumbs. He saw cracker crumbs. He saw cheese crumbs. He saw little pieces of bread. He saw little pieces of cracker. He saw littl
He lived in a nursing home. I dont have anything to do, he told the nurse. Why dont you watch TV? she asked. I hate watching TV. TV is nothing but reruns, he said. Why dont you play chess? she asked. I hate playing chess, he said. I always lose. Why
Many homeless people were sitting on the sidewalk. A young man walked up to each homeless person. He gave each person a flier. The flier was from a trade school. The flier described a class. The trade school was offering a barber class. The class was
Barbara likes funny stories. She likes to hear funny stories. She likes to tell funny stories. She told her mom a funny story. When she finished, she waited for her mom to laugh. Mom, why arent you laughing? That was a funny story, Barbara said. Oh,
His laptop sat on his desk. His laptop always overheated. It always overheated quickly. How could he keep it cool? He turned on his living room fan. It cooled his laptop. But the fan blew dust around. It blew paper around. He turned off his living ro
The police chief said crime was down. Crime is down, said police chief Braddon. He talked to TV reporters. He talked to newspaper reporters. He talked to radio reporters. He was proud. Im proud, he said. Our police are doing a good job. Im proud of o
She won the contest. She won the Rose Queen contest. She was the new queen for the Rose Parade. She was so happy. She would be in the parade on New Years Day. She was so excited. She would be on TV. Millions of people would see her. She would wave to
Margaret made a fresh salad. She peeled a yellow banana. She peeled a red apple. She peeled a green cucumber. She peeled an orange carrot. She peeled a brown potato. She peeled a white onion. She peeled a white egg. She chopped everything up with a s
Susan didnt like the color of her hair. Her hair was changing color. It used to be all black. But now it was turning gray. She didnt like the gray hair. Gray hair made her look older. She didnt want to look older. She made an appointment with the bea
Patty needed help with her computer. She asked a coworker to help her. Patty said she would treat her coworker to a nice dinner. Her coworker asked, What kind of dinner? Patty said a nice Chinese dinner. Her coworker said that sounded good. She would
She went to the circus with her parents. She was excited. She had never been to a circus. There were many clowns at the circus. She liked the clowns. They had funny faces. They had big, red noses. They wore funny hats. They wore big shoes. Their shoe
His dad was reading one section of the newspaper. His mom was reading another section of the newspaper. His older sister was reading another section of the newspaper. He had the comics section of the newspaper. That was the best part of the newspaper
Maria was learning to add numbers. She liked to add numbers. It was easy to add numbers. She could add one and one. She knew that one and one are two. She knew that two and two are four. She knew that three and three are six. But that was it. She did
James took the milk out of the refrigerator. He put the carton of milk on the counter. He took the cap off the carton of milk. He opened the kitchen cabinet. He took a glass out of the cabinet. He put the glass on the counter next to the milk. He pou
George is going to make a salad. He is going to make a simple salad. It will be a simple salad, but it will also be delicious. His salad will have only two ingredients. One ingredient is fresh cucumber. A cucumber is dark green and long. George will