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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
He had a beautiful car. It was a Cadillac. It was a 1993 Cadillac. It was a four-door Cadillac. It was light brown. It had a big engine. The big engine didnt leak oil. The big engine didnt leak water. He drove his car only five miles a day. He took g
He was homeless. He was cold. He was shivering. He was in the park. He was sitting on a bench. A sign was next to him. The sign said, Please hire me. I am homeless. People walked by. They looked at him. He looked dirty. He looked old. How could this
It rains a lot in the jungle. The rain helps trees grow. The jungle has many trees. Trees are home for many jungle animals. Many animals live in the trees. Monkeys are jungle animals. Monkeys love trees. They love to swing from tree to tree. They cli
A baby has arms and legs. It has a mouth and eyes. It looks at everything. It eats everything. It smiles a lot. It cries a lot. It eats a lot. It drools a lot. It pees a lot. It poops a lot. It sleeps a lot. It tries to talk. It makes funny sounds. I
The big room is air-conditioned. But it smells. Dead bodies are in metal drawers. The bodies have no clothes. The bodies are naked. A white sheet covers each dead body. The drawers slide in. The drawers slide out. A doctor works in the big room with
It was summer. Swim classes were beginning. She didnt know how to swim. She wanted to learn. She called up the pool. Do you teach adults how to swim? she asked. The instructor said, Yes, we teach adults how to swim. We teach kids how to swim. We teac
He drove to the supermarket. He was out of food. He had no food in his refrigerator. He had no food in his cupboards. He needed to buy some food. He hoped he would find a sale. A sale would save him money. He walked into the supermarket. He walked ov
If my life were a movie I would fast-forward through junior high. My junior high years were painful. Like every junior high kid, I was dealing with awakening sexuality, and struggling with who I was and how I would make my mark in life. But I was sur
She was lying in front of the fire, her body almost glowing. Alan reached out a hand and temporarily she took it. Then Alice yawned and stretched.“I’m turning in now,”she said. 她躺在火堆前,