I think every family has that one piece of wood, metal, or just something that moves with them from age to age and from one apartment to another. Sometimes even when it is clearly of no use to the entire

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Return The sun gently leaned toward its nest, casting long shadows across the compound through my window and into my room. I sat on my couch, legs crossed, the couch pillow on my legs, and a plate of noodles

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It was a hot afternoon. I had just given my friend, Daniel the exact amount he asked of me. “No need to pay back.” I said when he asked when he should repay the debt. He was silent for a few moments then

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“Good morning Lydia” Rissi greeted when she discovered Lydia was up from her sleep. But there was no response, ao she continued with what she was doing. It was an assignment she had to do before going

It was exactly 3:00 pm when Mr and Mrs Elijah got back from Deborah’s school. “Deborah!!,” Mrs Elijah called her daughter to the living room. “What do you want to do with your life? Haven’t we tried enough

Source “Look at you, pathetic.” This was enough to make Lisa turn from the window, and stare at the little girl who’d said it. “What?” Shella, shook her shiny brown curls and slurped on her frosty Kool-Aid.

source Loyalty means keeping a promise. This story describes the loyalty of a kitten to its owner source It was the night of 6th june 2021. How can Pari forget that day. Pari's father was going to the

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'Look, it's not that I think you are an ugly mofo per se,' I assert. 'It's just that...' 'But you said it.' The slugs words almost drip slime in the air, they are so liquid, like it is talking underwater.

Mazi sat on a small wooden stool, tying a beautiful green wrapper around his waist. It was a cold Saturday evening, the moon was bright, and the children were all playing close to the mango tree in the