... consistent with the wind that blows in waves of strong forceful hatred. Through the window, although blurred with rain, and a dull hue covering everything, looking somewhat how the world might look through the windows of teary eyes, lies a small garden with a wooden swing, supported by a tree. This wooden swing, looking weather beaten and tired holds the memories of happy moments past gone and sad moments still to come. It blows with the wind ... letting itself be taken by its continuous movement. The tree that the swing is tied to has been ... ...

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... birds chirping, cars driving by with the music loud and the squirrels running around in the trees. Also, where the sun was directly on the window I had trouble trying to see inside my room but where the tree was casting a shadow it was easier to make out what was on the other side of the window. Later that night when I went outside the sun was gone. There was no longer a glare ... reflecting on my gem I had hanging in the window. The gem shot out rainbows all over my room that was reflected from the sun. I could see birds flying from tree to tree, branches, and leafs blowing in the wind...

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Lighthouse Horror Wind poured through the front door to the old grim lighthouse, sending a cold chill streaming into the living room and bringing with it a few of the abandoned ornaments from the shelves, leaving their contents on the floor. It was a strong, cold north wind on a particularly cold Autumn day's and it seemed that this wind was dragging with it thick black clouds and monstrous waves behind it. It was about 8 ... o"clock on that chilly night and the sun was just getting ... , stripping off as they went. Soon after they had gone to the light room the heavens opened and the rain b...

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... Vivian eased herself out of the warmth of the immense bed and made her way towards the hallway. The hall was dimly lit with candles and it seemed to go on forever, the glow of amber from the candles fading as you followed them down into a dark cave. The sound of the enormous, oak door opening followed by a strong gust of crisp, early winter wind sharpened Vivian's senses as she ... began to run down the dark hall towards the top of the staircase. "Jake?" she called, reaching the top of the stairs. "Oh Jake, honey, is that you?" she said running down the stairs. When she reached the bott...

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... on her give the audience an idea of how important this book was to her childhood. It shows how it expanded her knowledge and her intelligence on many subjects involving ponds and streams. In passage two, the first person narrative helps show how important the Maple Valley Branch Library was to her childhood. Reading magazines, reading Gone with the Wind, and browsing the adult section ... were only some of the things she did while in the library. The Maple Valley Branch Library had a major impact on her childhood. In ... the first passage the theme of ambition comes out strongly. The au...

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... my next beer and with the other two concealed, I drove off. Hells Bells echoed, blasting in my ears while I pushed my automobile to the max. I zoomed by cars, driving at a steady one hundred miles per hour. It was such a rush. Within thirty minutes, I had finished the last drink. When I threw the empty can out the mouth of it was facing me and the wind splattered beer foam all ... , one like you would see at a drive through at McDonald's, and the huge fence slid open. After we pulled in and the fence was securely locked behind us, my chauffeur forcefully escorted me into the prison. With...

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... of the houses in the neighborhood. The peeling burgundy paint flakes off the shutters onto the squeaky wooden porch swing. The sidewalk is gray and sometimes covered with colorful hopscotch patterns and names, which my brother and his friends create with the sidewalk chalk they got for Christmas. The front door has an outside glass door, covered in different sized handprints, that doesn't always shut completely. Sometimes when the wind blows hard the ... imagine, if that ever happens, I will drive by sometimes and observe the changes that were made to it over the years. The flaky burgun...

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... . 'Must be really scared to be seeing things,' he thought, and moved on, only to be blocked by...a wolf? The wolf growled and stared at him, ready to attack. "What the-" he started when he got pounced on by something fairly heavy. "Oof!" The wind got knocked out of him, and he quickly scrabbled up. He looked behind him and saw a full-grown tiger ... , snarling. Looking in front, the wolf was looking past him, at the tiger. It tilted its head, then shook it and, without warning, leaped and pushed the man down onto the road. The tiger bit down on his hand and ... very happy to see her ther...

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... in California the next day. The weather was sunny, blue sky, the smell of fresh air, and the sun was wonderfully warm. As we drove on the freeway I saw signs that read "To Disneyland". I heard so much about Disneyland, and I hoped so much that we would go there, however, we passed right by all the signs and continued on for about two hours. The soft wind blowing, the sun ... shining on me, and the smell of roses were everywhere. We entered a city called Pasadena. There were so many people, parents and kids, and I finally figured out that ... purring like a kitten when they used to star...

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... reality with a start and with a sharp realisation, shouted out, "John!" Rae pick up her tiny battered body from the cold timber floor boards and headed up on deck. Her courageous efforts under the intense circumstances were spurred on by the notion that her husband would be found unscathed. The need to find him was immense, as he was all she had left. The over powering wind squall tossed the ... ever. She had arrived in time to witness the highest point of the boat disappear beneath the water. Desperately screaming for a response from John, she hysterically searched the surroundings for...

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A Last Wish On a warm spring day on Sept. 23 1978 in the little town of Beaufort, Carolina, when the wind smells of pine and the flowers bloom, Matthew remembers his senior year at Regan High and Jennifer, the girl who changed his life. "Welcome back students, how was everyone's summer?" Mrs. Wilson asked us. Sitting in the back row was me Matthew Shepard, walking in late was ... was a gas station around the next turn the other car kept banging me on the side so I took a sharp turn and slammed right in to the gas pump, the gas station when up in flames, the next day I went to court and the ju...

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