... to his closer door. "Two, four, six, eight, nine, ten. Aw man! I need two more dollars until I can get my special Goldfish from Fish-A-Lot." Sean said. He trampled down the stairs to ask his mother if he could go to Mrs. Johnson's after church to mow her lawn. She said yes because she knew how much he wanted this fish. Church ... her lawn yesterday and it was as short as it could get! However, since he constantly begged her for three minutes she gave up and said yes. He grabbed the lawn mower out of the small garage and began mowing as fast as his feet could go. After he had complete...

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... I would never forget. The house we lived in was a two-story with a basement located in northern Indiana. An L-shaped stairwell separated the upstairs and downstairs. At the top of the stairs was a brown door that locked with a skeleton key. That was the door to our apartment. I spent a lot of time behind that door for the three days that my parents were out of town. My first night was the worst. I was so ... afraid to be up there all by myself. All I could think about was that man in the funeral home. Could he ... go back upstairs," and reluctantly, I would go, knowing the fear I was g...

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... seems like there is a Christmas get together every weekend. My four person family gets ready and arrives at church just as the bells are ringing. We walk up the snow covered stairs and enter the church that is full of Christmas cheer. I notice the farming families have put aside all their worries about animals and wells freezing and they have all gotten cozy and snuggled into ... a tradition that we go to all the advent Sundays together and then the service on Christmas Eve where the reenact the Christmas story. This is very important part of the Christmas season to my family. It gives ...

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... does. Where: This book took place in New York City at Albert Einstein High School. Throughout the book it jumps from place to place. A large portion of the book was at her house in Greenwich Village. And lastly her "Princess Lessons- were held at the Plaza Hotel. * Characters: The protagonist in this story is Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermoplis Renaldo, known as Mia. She is an outcast ... , so he sent his bodyguard with her. He was to follow her everywhere she went, and make sure that nothing happened to her. She showed up at her best friend's house. in the limo, but refused to explain...

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... do anything with my hair. I had all my pens, papers, notebooks and other miscellaneous items stuffed into my spanking new blue book bag. My mother was down stairs on the patio drinking her morning mug of coffee, yelling at me to hurry up. I gave my brand new Nike's a quick whitening, checked to make sure I had everything; money for lunch, all my books, paper ... . As soon as the bus was out of sight, I ran all the way home with a huge smile on my face. As I ran down the street I noticed shattered pieces of glass all over the road and a chunk of the lawn on the street. It looked as if a h...

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... our old apartment where my dad had a fight with the neighbor. This place was more of a two family house rather than an apartment. On one side there was us and, the other lived another family but we never really saw them that much. The house had two stories with the bed rooms upstairs with a bath and the kitchen down stairs. And we had our own basement as well. Like ... always I had to share a room with my sister while my brothers had their own. The ... was going on. Never really did find out what went on down there until that one day. I can still remember it, my brothers were down stai...

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... ; it was exciting because I was going over to my friends for a sleep over. My mother's best friend with whom she grew up owned the friend's house of which I was going to. Her name was Geri P. and she was a great lady. She looked out for every one else before herself. She- baby-sat me when I was a toddler. I grew ... me she hoped nothing had happened but she excepted nothing had. I went to bed having not given the situation another thought about what my mom had told me. I went to sleep a 10- year old boy. The next morning I woke up and felt broken. I went down stairs for breakfast and my...

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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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... . I was about 7 years old and had just had my evening bath with my sister. We both smelt of talcum powder and bubble bath. I felt fresh and clean and ready to go to sleep. I put my favourite red floral dressing gown on and had started up the stairs towards my bedroom, when I suddenly heard a loud crash. Startled I grabbed my sisters" hand and brought her ... with me to investigate what had made the sound. As we reached the bottom of the stairs we could see mum and dad in the kitchen, they were yelling at each other. I didn't understand why, my parents loved each other why were they yelli...

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... -rolled joints. Sometimes I"d skip classes to go smoke with friends. Other days I"d bring a bottle full of half Everclear and half soda, go drink on the hill then pass out under the stairs. Every time someone couldn't find me, my friend Bill knew exactly where I was. I dropped out of school because the other kids in my school were so immature. I just couldn't stand it any longer. On ... he came home while I was upstairs. From my room I could hear an argument starting. The yelling became louder and I hear a loud thump. I ran down the stairs to find my mom quivering in the corner of the ki...

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... my grandmother. Being a kid I would have rather sat inside playing Nintendo, but really did not give much thought about going to the house of the grandmother I never saw. It was a beautiful day out and everyone seemed a false sort of happiness. As my grandmother opened the door, she seemed to tackle my father telling him how much she missed him. I remember this day so well because my ... I overheard my mother and father arguing about the card I received. It turned out that my father had purchased the card, put five dollars in it, and signed my grandmother's name to it. With that news in...

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... and wife should be; and in her whom I must call 'Mother' I find no trace of that image." Many issues come up in this small house. She talks a lot about boys, family, religion, war, food, and many other things. At first she doesn't like Peter Van Daan, but towards the end they get to like each other which makes her incredibly happy. There is ... a real fear of being discovered. If they heard any sounds down stairs when there shouldn't be they will ... become terrified and their imaginations will run wild, or at least Anne's would. When the telephone rung consistently one Sunday afternoo...

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