... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed" (KM 71). The shock of hearing such tragic news is unexplainable to me. The only other way I can put it is by saying that there are a thousand things running through a person ... to open it (KM 73). She finally opens the door, and arm and arm they walk down the stairs together. "Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey" (KM 73). The only person who wou...

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• Grade Level: High School

... clothing. This would be a radical change for me because I hate cold weahter. Due to the food sources avaiable I would need to change my eating habits, to include much more fish. My house would no longer have flowers growing in front, I owuld be forced to adhere to the cold climate of a house. Transporatation would probably not be something I owuld be allowed to take part in since ... I would not know the first thing about driving a dog sled. But, during my time of resocializaiton this would be a skill I could learn. Adapting to the bitter coldness would be a behavior that I owuld be for...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School