... finished with his half cycle on that deep blue sky, and is going to give light to the other half of the world. I am sitting on the picnic bench in front of the yard of my girlfriend's house, which by the way is one of the most beautiful houses in the neighborhood. In front of me lays a high hill covered by a thick forest, home of so many ... to break a nut with his sharp teeth, krrr, krrr, krrr. Suddenly he wakes up the cat, and she like always after wakening shakes her head, and you can hear the bells on her collar from a mile away, tirrririring, tirrririring, tirrririring. Further in ...

• Word Count: 587
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• Grade Level: High School

... . I was able to see inside the room because the light had been on. Things had now quieted down. The cars were still there but the music was now not able to be heard. Instead of squirrels or birds, I heard crickets and frogs. I was thinking how more peaceful and quiet it was with out the noise of everyday life. From looking out the window from inside my room ... the sun was out and was reflecting on my ... gem I had hanging in the window. The gem shot out rainbows all over my room that was reflected from ... ...

• Word Count: 506
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• Grade Level: High School

... ended this man's life would have been the greasy character. Once everything is cleared up the narrator goes to see his mother's car that is torn up, but luckily the tires are still inflated. The young men now see nature as "a sweet smelling air with beautiful birds singing" (135). At the beginning the boys believe nature is nothing but crickets, frogs, and a muddy lake. To me this ... shows the adolescents are now changing from adolescence to ... adulthood due to the barriers that were broken that night. One may someday make a correlation to this story at some time in his life, and ......

• Word Count: 963
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School