... sneak down and sit at the top of the stairs and listen to what Mama and Daddy were talkin about. Daddy would be yellin saying "I am a proud American, that fought for this country, and what do they give me back? Nothin! They won't even give me a damn job!" Mama would listen for a while then stopped him before he braked the whole house. Then she would call ... ago Mr. Chairlan bid on a house at the auction, and since he was the only one who wanted it and the state has now decided to get rid of it the house, it's yours." Mama screamed with excitement and the man handed us the key. We quick...

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... . I knew that I could not remove it from the house, during the day or the night, without the risk of being seen by my neighbours. Many ideas entered my mind. One moment I thought about cutting the corpse into small pieces and destroying them by fire. The next moment I think of digging a grave in the floor of the cellar. Again, I thought about throwing it in the well in the yard - about packing it in a box and ... - a wailing shriek, half of horror, half of triumph. A scream that could have only arisen out of hell, from the throats of the damned in their agony! Of my own thoughts it is fo...

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... fast as my soft smoke covered slippers would carry me. Down the long steep stairs and outside I went onto the cold, dew covered front lawn. I found the rest of my family standing along with my neighbors and friends doused in their night attire. I stood and watched in horror as the red-hot flames licked the side of my house and engulfed the upstairs. We had no idea what had happened ... . The next morning I awoke, my mind still cloudy and in mystery as to ... downstairs to see my mother and father cooking the normal morning breakfast. I picked up the dew covered paper and began reading t...

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... as she passed into the hallway. I turned around and followed her congratulating myself on thinking up of such a plan, now she will definitely be thrown out of the house for stealing. Mother headed straight for the stairs to the studio, and waited furiously at the top for her to come. As she came up the stairs she gave me a concerned look as she entered the studio to fetch the jewellery box for my ... mother. "Bring the box to me" mother ordered her ... impatiently. She stood there as mother snatched the box from her hands ... ...

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... be something "fun". Approaching our old house on Scott Drive, we went around the side and walked down the cellar steps as we always did. She walked into the house and disappeared into her bedroom, came out, and sat in the middle of the living room floor. Seeing my mom sit in the middle of the living floor was really unusual. While sitting in the living room, there were no lights on ... scampered across to get out of the way of the big red van. I grabbed my sac and ran to the front door. I rang the doorbell as I always did then walked in and threw my bag by the stairs and looked for my g...

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... because I jumped in the deep side of the pool believing that I knew how to swim. My dad also told me that I jumped off the stairs yelling out "superman," which caused me to crack the left side of my skull, and luckily it did not do any serious damage. My mom told me that I was a bad child. She told me that I would run around the house naked singing out some ... kind of made up language. She told me that I always go ... in her room and play with her makeup; that I would come out of her room looking like a clown. I was so bad that she had to tie me down to a chair ... ...

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... white pillars that stand on both sides of the side entrance to my house, I open the glass door and immediately smell the welcoming aroma of nicotine. My light colored golden retriever hurries to the door to welcome me by wagging his tail and chasing after me with one of the brown shoes that I had just left at the door. I walk through the back hall, which is covered in black wall paper ... with red strawberries, to go into the white and ... is already drunk. I feel her rough, callused skin against my shoulder as she reaches to me for support. I walk into the kitchen to grab my books and...

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... brothers and head over to Grandpa's. It doesn't look good. From the tone of my mother's voice I knew that the situation was very serious. My two brothers and I jumped into my car and sped the mile and a half to my Grandparents" house. As I leapt from my car and ascended the pathway stairs towards the front of the house thoughts of my grandfathers welfare filled my head, overshadowing my own fear ... of death. With little else on our minds, my brother and I passed through the house and almost immediately sat down next to my grandfather. As ... running freely through the snow-covered woo...

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... . My nave world consisted of friends, make-up, parties and sleepovers. That night, just like most Saturday nights, my friends and I were having a sleepover at Kelly's house - or at least that's what we told our parents. My mom dropped me off in front of Kelly's crimson house with my friend Liz and we rushed inside to start getting ready. Up the stairs, two at a time, and ... with a quick turn to the right, we opened the door to Kelly's room and scurried in - Melissa and ... Lisa were already there. Through a cloud of make-up and hairspray, and a tornado of clothes, we get ready to go .....

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