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Melody was cooking for the first time for her new husband.
Melody worked hard all day and followed the recipe. Melody served the meal to her new husband. He husband smiled and said it was the best meal he ever had. Melody tasted it and knew he was lying but smiled anyway.
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A deer ran in front of Tom's car one night.
Tom panicked. He swerved to avoid the deer. He hit a guardrail instead. Tom's car was badly damaged.
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Daniel was very tired after work.
He decided to take a nap. Later, Daniel woke up to birds chirping. He realized it was already morning the next day. Daniel was upset that he already had to go back to work.
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She had finally broken it off with John.
He'd been controlling and sometimes violent. She heard the sirens before the cop car pulled up. They'd found her ex-boyfriend with a pair of binoculars in a tree. He said he'd only been watching birds.
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Kevin was having a birthday party.
And he and his friends were playing in a bounce house. But Kevin noticed that it was running out of air. Everyone panicked and tried to run outside. But Kevin was the last one out.
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The storm was coming to the small town.
Ned watched the weather report. They were calling for a huge amount of rain The storm arrived to the small town The storm left heavy damages
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Miranda was an extremely willful little girl.
Whenever her mother told her to practice the piano, she refused. One day her mother had an idea. She forbad Miranda from playing the piano ever again. From that day forward, Miranda practiced every day!
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My in laws are having trouble.
Maria was evicted and moved in with her mom. Maria's sister Rosa owns the building. Rosa's husband thinks Maria is too noisy and wants her out. Nobody is talking to each other.
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One afternoon, I was rollerblading on a sidewalk in my neighborhood.
The sidewalk became steeply slanted and I began to speed up. The pace proved too much and I lost control. I veered off the sidewalk and onto a grassy hill and fell. The fall sent me into a canal and since then I haven't rollerbladed.
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Joyce was eating Indian food.
But she was getting bored of its mild spice. She asked for another dish that spicier. And Joyce eagerly awaited it. Unfortunately, she couldn't finish it without gulping tons of water.
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The handyman took his ladder to his van and threw it down.
He opened the van door and assessed the situation. There was too much stuff in the van for the ladder to fit right. The hangman climbed in and began to reorganize. He was able to finally carve out enough space to fit the ladder in.
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Tonight I decide to cook dinner early.
We had a big game and I wanted to make sure we had food. After the game everyone decide to go out for Dinner. I forgot all about the food I had made. When we got home it was cold and we couldn't eat it.
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Patsy was petrified of taking her behind the wheel test.
She practiced parallel parking for hours, sure she'd fail that part. The day of the test, Patsy could think of nothing else. She made it through without hitting a cone. She was so relieved she drove right through a stop sign.
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Jon hated dancing.
One day, his friends invited him to a rave. Jon was unsure and felt it wasn't a good idea. However, his friends made him go. Jon ended up loving the rave.
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Bob hated spiders.
His friends decided to pull a prank on bob. He arrived late at his house one day and sat down at his couch He felt something moving on his shoulder, it was a tarantula He jumped and then fainted from the shock
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Molly was getting ready for her wedding.
She had just put her white dress on. Suddenly, a drink spilled and stained her dress pink. Luckily, her mom appeared. She had a handy cleaning spray that made the stain disappear.
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Jackson is tired of spending all day in his small apartment.
He decides to find something to do. He walks to the local pool hall and plays a few games. Jackson makes new friends while playing pool. He decides he will try to spend less time in his apartment alone.
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We took my niece out to Cinderella's royal table for breakfast.
She was so excited to meet Cinderella and the other princesses. There was Aurora, Jasmine, Rapunzel and Ariel. She was most excited to meet with Cinderella. She had a great breakfast and great time and we would do it again.
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Ben was new at school and had no friends.
He had a hard time trying to meet people in class. Ben decided to join a club to meet people. Ben joined the chess club. He soon made a group of nice friends.
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Gina's phone was lost.
She took a nap on the couch, so she looked there. She took all the cushions off the couch and found nothing. She pushed her hand deep into the crevices of the couch. After searching, she still had no phone.
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Lance and Eddie were at a movie store.
They were trying to pick a movie for the night. They were arguing over what type of movie to get. Finally, Eddie suggested that they just get both movies. Lance agreed and they finished up at the store.
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Jan was typing an essay on her computer.
She walked away to get food. But when she came back, she noticed that her computer restarted. She realized that an update forced her computer to restart. And the essay that she had been working on for hours did not save.
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Morgan was at work.
There was a contest to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar. Morgan entered just for fun. Her answer was actually the closest, and she won! She was given a ton of cool candy bars and treats.
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The ornithologist picked up the dead bird delicately.
Clipped to one of its toes was a note. He shuddered with anticipation at the confirmation of the conspiracy. Reading the note, he discarded it with a dismissive toss. From then on, he violated the pigeonhole principle by sheer will.
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A man went into his yard with a chainsaw in hand.
He found a might oak and began to cut. The saw struggled to make it through the massive trunk. The man pushed hard and the tree fell. He was almost amazed by the roundness of the resulting stump.
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Mary wanted her mom to stop smoking.
She left anti-smoking pamphlets around the house. She drew pictures of diseased lungs. She even bought her mom a pack of nicotine gum. Unfortunately, her mom kept smoking.
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Max was on his school bus.
He was starting to notice a weird smell. Other kids on the bus started noticing it as well. Soon everyone was trying to figure out the source of the smell. Then they discovered some old food left under a seat.
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A bully named Val wanted to fight Ali.
Val waited for Ali near her bike. Ali tried to get on her bike and leave. Val pushed her and began yelling at her. Ali sat on the ground stunned and unsure what to do.
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Mark was laying in his bed asleep.
Suddenly, he woke up with his heart pounding. He had just had a really scary dream. For almost an hour, he was too unsettled to get to sleep. Luckily, he was able to drift back to sleep eventually.
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A consultant to my company lived in Atlanta.
Our company is in Boston. She kept posting romantic Facebook posts about a Boston Boy. I found out she was having an affair with one of my coworkers. Last week the coworker's wife found out and hit the roof.
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Michael is a Penguin researcher.
One day Michael got lost in the wasteland. While he was lost he encountered a rare penguin. Michael only wished he had his camera. He used his GPS to find his way back to base.
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We live in a city neighborhood.
One day a neighbor started raising chickens in his yard. We were amused, but did nothing. Another neighbor complained to the police. The neighbor had to get rid of the chickens.
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Seamus wanted to become a hairdresser.
Seamus applied to beauty school. Seamus was rejected. Seamus applied for a job at an actual salon. He got the job.
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Annie was walking home from school with friends.
They were running past a canal when Annie slipped. She fell into the water. All of her friends helped to pull her out. Annie was soaking wet and had to go home to change.
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Eugena was a mean girl who liked to cheat on tests.
One day she tried to cheat from Carrie in math. Carrie covered her paper so Eugena couldn't see it. That made Eugena furious! Carrie went home with a black eye but Eugena failed the test.
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In 2013 I visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
I went with my friend Jack and two of his friends. We spent two hours looking at the artwork. Then we ate at the cafe. I had not gone to the Gardner in Years and was glad to visit.
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Georgina realized no one was in the house.
She laid down on her bed and took off her pants. She turned on some sexy music. Georgina slid her hand down her panties. Then she fell asleep because she was too exhausted from work.
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Lulu and the girls were having a trip in Montana.
They were chilling in the living room. To their surprise they saw a bear. The girls screamed. However the bear was simply their friend in a costume.
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Emily had her very first job as a babysitter.
She arrived at the home of the children and got to know the family. The parents left and she fed the children dinner. They played the rest of the night until bedtime. When the parents got home, they paid her.
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Tom wanted to play video games all day but he had school.
He decided to pretend he was sick so he didn't have to go. Tom got to play video games for three days. He went back to school and was swarmed with make-up work. Tom realized his decision wasn't really worth it after all.
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I had enough of yard work and decided to go fishing.
I packed my boat and hauled it to the lake. Backing into the water, I notice my brakes were soft. The car wouldn't stop and ran down into the pond. A quick-thinking fisherman caught it with his tow strap.
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Michelle always wanted a dog.
As a child she would beg her parents for a puppy. They always said no because her brother was allergic to animals. She never stopped asking and she never got a dog. When she was 19 she moved out on her own and bought a dog.
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Molly studied all night for her exam next week.
Her friends asked her to go to a party the night before the exam. She said yes, and was out partying all night. She overslept her alarm the next day, and missed the exam. Molly says she will never party again in college.
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Evan was ready to buy himself a bicycle.
He went to the store and looked around. Then he selected the bike he liked best. He took it up to the counter and paid for it. Then he rode it home!
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Nancy wanted to see a movie, but she had no one to go with.
She had asked all of her friends, so she decided to just go alone. At first she was uncomfortable, sitting amongst the crowd on her own. As the movie went on, she soon forgot everything that bothered her. Nancy was happy to learn, going alone wasn't so bad after all!
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Jane was tired of cleaning up needles from Christmas trees.
She chose an artificial tree for the holiday season. Jane thought the tree looked as good as the real thing. But every day, the tree seemed more fake to Jane. Jane took the tree apart and put it in a box in the closet.
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Ann left the house, nervous for her first day at a new school.
The principal greeted Ann and led her to her new class. The teacher smiled and showed Ann where to sit. The girl in front of Ann turned around and smiled. Ann was surprised to feel at home in her new classroom.
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My wife got my son-in-law in the Christmas grab.
He is hard to buy for. He doesn't like sports. I found out he loves steak. She got him a package of Omaha steaks.
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Tim became a director.
He loved yelling the word action. Until one day the actors did not want to act anymore. He decided to give them all raises. Then everyone was happy.
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Bill decided he wanted a new puppy.
His father gave him a goldfish instead. Bill worked hard to take care of the fish. He fed and cared for it daily. Eventually, Bill's father rewarded his hard work with a cute puppy.
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Earl was on a diet.
So he had to give up sugary drinks. He bought unsweetened almond milk at his grocery store. But he thought it tasted like water. He bought the vanilla unsweetened version next time and loved it.
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One day Tammy decided to take her dog on a walk.
She had never done that before, so she didn't use a leash. As they were walking, her dog got excited and ran away. It took Tammy two hours to finally find her dog. Now whenever she walks her dog, she makes sure to use a leash.
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Amy, Kim, and Lynn were watching the 1st Hunger Games movie.
She had already seen it before. But she was still sad when beloved characters dies. She sat in the room, embarrassed to be crying at a movie. Until she saw the other girls were crying as well.
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Emily was at the skating rink with her friends.
All of her friends took off skating but she couldn't move. She realized that something was stuck on her break. She went to the attendants and asked for help. Soon she had a working pair of skates.
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We saw the Super Bowl in 2015.
We are Bostonians and rooted for the Patriots. In the final seconds I was looking at the floor depressed. I was shocked and happy when my wife said the Patriots intercepted. It was a great moment in Boston sports.
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I attempted to buckle my seatbelt on the roller coaster.
The seat belt did not fit properly. I felt scared as the ride started. I raised out of my seat on the first hill. I was glad when the ride stopped.
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Jake grew up poor.
When he was in his 20s he saved up for a new suit. It took him a while. Eventually he got one. He felt a sense of achievement and gained confidence.
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Tammy was getting a manicure.
In the middle of it she had to sneeze. She jerked her head violently by accident. The lady doing her nails got hit in the head. Tammy apologized and tipped extra.
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Ivan wanted to see if he could get enough helium balloons to fly.
The first store he went to had 500 balloons on sale for $400. He picked out a couple different colors and started filling them. Ivan tied the balloons to himself and said farewell to the earth. Even though he only made it 3' off the ground, he felt free.
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Ana wanted a new puppy.
So on Saturday we went to the pet store for an adoption event. Ana saw a small Rat Terrier that she asked to hold. Ana's heart melted as the puppy snuggled her. We bought the puppy home with us.
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Sam went into his backyard to dig a hole for a bird bath.
He was halfway done with the hole when he hit something. Sam used his hands to dig around the obstruction. He unearthed a wooden chest. He opened the chest and found some old photos and a note.
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As a kid we didn't go trick or treating.
We would visit my grandma and she would load us up with candy. There would be so much candy that I could never eat all of it. Now that I am an adult she no longer passes out candy bags. Every year I go out and buy a bunch of candy for myself.
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Steven was tired of playing the same video game every day.
He asked his mom for money for a new game, but she said no! He decides to earn money himself and gets a job at a store. He works for two weeks and finally gets his paycheck. The money on his check was enough for Steven to buy two video games!
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Tommy's father is a famous basketball player.
Tommy wants to be good at basketball too. Tommy practices everyday after school. Tommy becomes very good at basketball. Tommy and his dad now play basketball all the time.
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I drove to the gym today.
I went to the front desk to check in. The front desk clerk assigned me a locker. I put my coat and keys in the gym locker. I walked into the weightlifting room.
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Barbara's daughter had been throwing up all night.
Barbara stayed up all night watching her. Eventually her daughter felt better in the morning. Barbara called in the school to tell them her daughter was sick. Barbara took the day off from work to take care of her daughter.
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I was watching tv one day.
Suddenly, the power in my house shut off. I got up and called the electric company. I forgot to pay the bill, so i hurriedly paid them. After paying them, my power turned back on.
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Sharon was going to graduate in a few weeks, and was very nervous.
She had passing grades in all of her classes but one, Calculus. Sharon was determined to graduate with a perfect grade point average. She studied so hard in Calculus that her other grades began to suffer. Sharon managed to pass her math class, but ended up failing English!
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Abelina wasn't sure if she wanted to do anything this weekend.
Her best friend called her Saturday night. She asked Abelina to take a trip to New York City. Abelina thought it was a great idea. They had an amazing time in the city.
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It was Tim's birthday.
He couldn't wait to see his presents. He got a new shirt. He got a new hat. His favorite gift was the radio that made him jump for joy!
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Jane was at the beach with friends.
She wasn't a very good swimmer. They had all been drinking. Jane's friends convinced her to try to swim in the deep area. Jane politely declined and used being drunk as an excuse.
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Tina couldn't stop whining about becoming broke.
She tried calling her boyfriend, but he wouldn't respond. However, my mom called Tina to go see her. She gave Tina an envelope. When the envelope was opened, several hundred dollars appeared.
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Stan went with his class to the zoo.
He saw some kids teasing a monkey. Stan told them to stop it. The kids turned and started teasing Stan. Stan looked at the monkey and felt sad for both of them.
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Mike went to the mall with his mom today.
Without telling her, he walked away from her and into a toy store. Inside the toy store Mike realized his mom was no longer with him. Mike went back out and found a police officer. The officer called for Mike's mom, and they were reunited.
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Jared spent all day comforting his friend.
He said that wanted to be with her. However, she told him that she needed time to cope with her breakup. The next day, he ran into friend again. She was in the arms of her ex-boyfriend.
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I bought a kiwi from the farmer's market.
Alas, it was rotten. I demanded a refund but the farmer refused. I decided to punch him. Thus, the police arrested me.
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There was a boy who played out in the mud.
His mom called him inside and told him to clean up. She had dinner ready and wanted to eat. He went upstairs and washed off. She was glad he cleaned up because his grandparents were in town.
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I had a meeting with a client today.
I arrived at his office. We went over the numbers. The client was happy. He signed the contract and I made the sale.
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I lost my best shirt and was sad.
My girlfriend got tired of my just moping around. She grabbed me by the arm and took me into the basement. She stood me by the furnace and faced me toward the wall rack. And there it was, my shirt in all its glory.
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Gina called her friend Tami on the phone.
Her mother answered and gave Tami the phone. Tami sounded like she was in a good mood when she answered. But when she heard Gina's voice, her mood changed. Gina began to realize Tami was no longer her friend.
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A troupe of Vikings entered the Target through the sliding glass door.
They were wielding bladed weapons and covered in furs. The shoppers let loose a collective scream and ran. The Vikings, merely actors in a play, gracefully beckoned a cashier. She was happy to show them to the aisle with fruit punch and soda.
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A man was friends with a judge.
The man drove his car drunk and got arrested. The man saw the his friend the judge the next day. The judge passed a harsh sentence on the man. The man learned his lesson.
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Paul was a basketball player who got cut from the varsity team.
He worked hard every day, never giving up faith. The next year, he tried out again and was the last player to make it. In his final season, Pau developed into the star player. He is now playing collegiate basketball all because he never gave up.
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Steve woke up in the middle of the night in a panic.
There was a loud crack in the distance. He could hear pellets of rain slamming into his roof. Hurriedly, Steve rushed to the TV and turned on the weather channel. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the hurricane would end soon.
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Jordyn and Jackie are best friends.
They have known each other since the 3rd grade. They know everything about each other. Last spring they were in each other's wedding. Their children are now best friends.
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Lucy was gardening with her grandma.
She spotted a watermelon in the corner. Lonely for a friend she named the watermelon Mel. She put stickers on the melon for eyes and a nose. That night the rain washed her friends face away.
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Tim was very judgmental.
He always talked about people's clothes. If the clothes looked bad, he laughed. One day someone made fun of Tim's clothes. Tim was never judgmental again.
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My dog, Annabelle, was looking a bit shaggy.
I decided I would give her a haircut. I plugged in the clippers, but they wouldn't seem to work. I tried a different outlet, but to no avail. Unfortunately, I had to finish the entire haircut using scissors.
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Francisco hopes getting a new car will help him find a girlfriend.
He goes to the dealership and looks for a cool looking car. Finally he decides to buy a Porsche. He drives his Porsche all around town but still doesn't meet girls. Francisco feels bitter that his car didn't help him get a girlfriend.
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My girlfriend had just broken up with me.
My last remaining relative told me she regretted not aborting me. I was alone and had no job, no education and no future. The only thing I had was the gun I stole from a friend's safe. Unfortunately I couldn't afford bullets.
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John had a fight with his dad.
He sulked all day in school about it. Then he came home and apologized. John had decided never to fight with his dad again. His dad happily accepted John's apology.
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We decided to go camping last weekend.
We went home after work and got all of our things together. We set out for a mountain that was close to our city. Once we got there, the weather was perfect. A great time was had by all!
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Beth was having a great time playing at the park with her class.
She played for hours non-stop. While the other kids had lunch she kept playing. After 5 hours she became dizzy from dehydration. Thank goodness the teacher saw her and made her drink Gatorade.
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June's husband noticed that she vacuumed every day.
He surprised her with a robot vacuum to do the job. June put up her trusty vacuum and let the robot go to work. But she soon realized she missed the daily chore. When her husband was at work, June short-circuited the robot.
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May really wanted to go to the concert that was playing next week.
She tried to buy tickets online, but they were sold out. She looked on auction sites, but they were too expensive. Finally, she put an ad in her local newspaper. A kind reader wrote back to offer her two free tickets to the concert!
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Ada always ate healthily.
But one night she really craved junk food. She ordered herself a pizza and some ice cream. As she ate the food, her eyes closed in pleasure. Ada realized it was wonderful to eat poorly one in a while!
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My friend Rosa tried to open up a yoga studio ten Years ago.
She was a freelance certified yoga instructor. She had secured funding through her mother. She could not open the studio due to her son's health issues. Five Years later she finally opened up her own studio.
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Bill recently got in unnecessary trouble at work.
Bill's co worker placed the blame for a project on him. Even though Bill tried to plead his case, he still got in trouble. Bill even attempted to talk to the coworker about their lies. Bill was angry, yet more hurt that his coworker would lie on him.
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Willard started feeling sick one day, and hasn't been well since.
He blames his neighbor's' wireless devices. Willard's irate no judge will demand they all stop. He vows he's going to take matters into his own hands. Those cell towers must come down!
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I was going to attend a potluck and wanted to bring a family recipe.
I chose my grandma's mac n cheese but I didn't know how to make it. My grandma had me come over and she taught me her recipe. Everyone loved the mac n cheese. My grandma's recipe is now the only mac n cheese that I make.
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