Slog claims to have seen his deceased father, Joe Mickley, sitting on a bench in the town square. Joe had been a binman in the town and was well-liked by the community before passing away from a disease that led to the amputation of both his legs. Slog insists it is really his father and gets his friend Davie to touch the man's legs to prove it. The man acts kindly towards Slog but seems unsure of basic details about Slog's mother when questioned by Davie. He then disappears down the street, leaving Slog convinced he saw his father return as promised "in the spring".
The narrator goes on a family trip to see "the end of the world" with their parents and baby sister. During the long drive through the dark, they pass through strange cities and countryside. At their destination, the end of the world appears to be a place with glowing holes in the ground and sky filled with strange creatures. During the family's picnic, the narrator's father hits her mother. On the drive back, the somber family is silent and the narrator wishes they had gone somewhere else instead.
The wolf tells his version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. He was sent by his mother to take a basket to his grandmother's house. On the way, he runs into Red Riding Hood, who questions him harshly. When he arrives at his grandmother's house, he finds a broken window and realizes Red Riding Hood has broken in and is pretending to be his grandmother. His real grandmother hits Red Riding Hood with a shovel. Red Riding Hood's mother is called, screams "Bad Girl Red!" at her daughter, and grounds her for life for breaking into the house.
The document summarizes three fairy tales - Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood. In Cinderella, a fairy godmother helps Cinderella go to the ball where she meets the prince. Snow White lives with seven dwarfs after her stepmother tries to kill her with a poisoned apple. Little Red Riding Hood gets lost in the woods and encounters a wolf who eats her grandmother before trying to eat her. Each summary also includes a note about differences between the original tales and currently known versions.
The document advertises photo books for the TOEIC test for very low prices, ensuring that:
1) The photos are 100% from the original books so they are very clear and similar to the original books
2) Prices are 40-70% lower than the original book prices
3) Shipping costs are very low
It provides the website and Facebook page for the photo book store and their address in Hanoi.
1) Mr. Bean goes to a nice restaurant for his birthday dinner but gets into some comedic situations due to his misunderstandings.
2) He orders steak tartare but doesn't realize it's raw meat and hides pieces of it around the restaurant to avoid eating it.
3) A violin player comes to Mr. Bean's table to play him happy birthday but won't leave until Mr. Bean pretends to eat the raw steak.
Oscar recalls the past five years of suffering since the Japanese invaded his home. He watched helplessly as his father was arrested and later found hanging dead. His mother became invalid and they lived in hiding until she was killed by bombs. Oscar was left blind and begging. Despite his cries for vengeance after each family member's death, his mother's final words reminded him that vengeance belongs to God, not man.
The narrator goes on a family trip to see "the end of the world" with their parents and baby sister. During the long drive through the dark, they pass through strange cities and countryside. At their destination, the end of the world appears to be a place with glowing holes in the ground and sky filled with strange creatures. During the family's picnic, the narrator's father hits her mother. On the drive back, the somber family is silent and the narrator wishes they had gone somewhere else instead.
The wolf tells his version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. He was sent by his mother to take a basket to his grandmother's house. On the way, he runs into Red Riding Hood, who questions him harshly. When he arrives at his grandmother's house, he finds a broken window and realizes Red Riding Hood has broken in and is pretending to be his grandmother. His real grandmother hits Red Riding Hood with a shovel. Red Riding Hood's mother is called, screams "Bad Girl Red!" at her daughter, and grounds her for life for breaking into the house.
The document summarizes three fairy tales - Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood. In Cinderella, a fairy godmother helps Cinderella go to the ball where she meets the prince. Snow White lives with seven dwarfs after her stepmother tries to kill her with a poisoned apple. Little Red Riding Hood gets lost in the woods and encounters a wolf who eats her grandmother before trying to eat her. Each summary also includes a note about differences between the original tales and currently known versions.
The document advertises photo books for the TOEIC test for very low prices, ensuring that:
1) The photos are 100% from the original books so they are very clear and similar to the original books
2) Prices are 40-70% lower than the original book prices
3) Shipping costs are very low
It provides the website and Facebook page for the photo book store and their address in Hanoi.
1) Mr. Bean goes to a nice restaurant for his birthday dinner but gets into some comedic situations due to his misunderstandings.
2) He orders steak tartare but doesn't realize it's raw meat and hides pieces of it around the restaurant to avoid eating it.
3) A violin player comes to Mr. Bean's table to play him happy birthday but won't leave until Mr. Bean pretends to eat the raw steak.
Oscar recalls the past five years of suffering since the Japanese invaded his home. He watched helplessly as his father was arrested and later found hanging dead. His mother became invalid and they lived in hiding until she was killed by bombs. Oscar was left blind and begging. Despite his cries for vengeance after each family member's death, his mother's final words reminded him that vengeance belongs to God, not man.
The Punishment of Joe Grundstrom - Part 1Di Meeeee
The document is a story about punishing Joe Grundstrom for how he treated Alexandra in the past. Various simselves are gathered at the narrator's house to watch as Joe is tormented. First, Indy, Archie, and Larch beat Joe up in an alley. Then Joe is transported to a swamp where he is attacked by bugs. More simselves like Alexandra and Charles arrive at the house to watch Joe's suffering.
The narrator once had an obnoxious sister who would bully her by taking her things without asking, eating food she had saved, and using the bath the narrator had prepared without permission. The narrator complained to her parents but they could not stop the sister. One day the sister came home crying from school, and the narrator felt sorry for her and brought her soup and tea, realizing her sister had also changed and was now kinder.
The document is a story about Evil Susan and her plans to open an "Evil" community lot called "Bugger Off And Die" in Riverblossom to scare and potentially harm residents. She stocks it with dangerous items and hopes for disasters like fires or lightning strikes. Though some residents are intrigued, others warn her not to hurt people. A large thunderstorm occurs, and it seems her pit may have worked as intended, injuring at least one person seeking help.
The document describes siblings Priscilla and Gilbert dragging their feet to the landfill to collect aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Upon entering the landfill, they tied handkerchiefs around their mouths due to the smoke, dust, and overwhelming stench. They sifted through piles of rubbish like old cardboard boxes, rusty metal containers, and furniture for over an hour. By the end, they had collected a large pile and were dirty and sweaty, but delighted that they would earn some money by selling the recyclables.
The document is a story written by the author about working at a garden gnome factory. Some key details:
1) The author worked at station 2 coloring gnome hats. He was in love with Nancy who worked at station 3.
2) A coworker, Julio, showed the author an abandoned thunderbird car in the woods and asked for his help repainting it to impress Nancy.
3) The author begrudgingly helped Julio with his plan to take Nancy on a picnic in the newly painted car, hoping to win her affection, though the author also had feelings for Nancy.
Lisa goes missing after a party at Bondi Beach. The next morning, Amy and Claire realize Lisa never returned to their hostel room. They search Sydney for Lisa, asking everyone if they've seen her. A waitress at a beach bar remembers seeing Lisa talking to a man with black hair at the party. While Amy and Claire are eating lunch, Amy receives a distressed phone call from Lisa, who is crying and says she needs help but doesn't know where she is.
The summary provides a concise overview of the key events in 3 sentences or less:
Cinderella is locked in the cellar by her ugly sisters while they go to the ball, but the magic fairy helps her get dressed up and take a coach to the ball, where she dances with and falls for the prince. However, she has to flee at midnight, losing a slipper on the stairs, and the prince searches the kingdom to find the girl whose foot fits the slipper.
Macmillan Readers - The House on The Hill by Elizabeth LairdEka Kurnia
Paul and Maria talked for a long time. The sun went down. It was nearly dark.
'I must go home,' said Maria.
'Where do you live?' asked Paul.
'In the big white house on the hill,' said Maria. 'Where do you live?'
'In the little brown house near the market,' said Paul.
They laughed. But Paul was sad. The house on the hill was big and important. Maria was rich, and he was poor. And Paul was in love.
Macmillan Readers: Beginner level
Audio book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3YGyUd8NRt5bmxBU2IzS25LRDQ
Sarah was excitedly waiting to open her birthday present while at Buffalo Wild Wings with her parents for her 10th birthday. Though she wanted to open it right away, her parents had her wait until after eating. When they finished their meal, Sarah opened the wrapping paper to discover, to her surprise, that her present was a phone. She was thrilled and thanked her parents repeatedly, as this birthday turned out to be the best ever.
This story is about Little Red Riding Hood who is taking cake and wine to her sick grandmother. On the way she meets a wolf who tricks her and gets to the grandmother's house first. He eats the grandmother and waits for Little Red Riding Hood in her bed. When she arrives he eats her too. A hunter later finds the sleeping wolf and cuts open his belly, saving Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.
A Piratical Legacy Chapter 37 - Far Too Many Teenagerspurplebunnysarah
The document summarizes the life and death of Pierce Buccaneer. It describes his close relationships with his daughter Angora, son-in-law Ian, and grandchildren Calico and Ragamuffin. On his last day, Pierce hugs family members and thanks them for living. He then passes away peacefully surrounded by his family.
The summary provides an overview of days 4-6 at Siminsane Sanitarium, where several simselves are confined. Tensions rise as simselves barge in on each other in the bathroom and argue over privacy and hygiene. Ashley receives an elf hat as a gift but her body odor grows worse. Food is left out attracting flies but still eaten. The landlord works various jobs to pay bills but the house falls further into disrepair as simselves neglect chores.
The third document describes a father trying unsuccessfully to calm his crying baby in the park using a teddy bear, chocolate, and quiet words, until an old
Holmes and Watson visit Helen Stoner, whose sister Julia died two years ago in strange circumstances. Helen is worried because she has heard strange noises and her life may be in danger from her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Holmes and Watson agree to spend the night in Julia's old room at Stoke Moran manor to investigate. Holmes suspects Roylott of foul play in Julia's death and that Helen's life may now be at risk as well.
Franga was an ugly girl who was forced to work constantly by her cruel father at his mill. One day, Franga's name appeared in the newspaper saying she could spin gold. A poor old man bought Franga from her father and locked her in a room, demanding she spin gold or be killed. A magical little person appeared and helped Franga by spinning gold in exchange for her possessions. Eventually, Franga escaped from being the poor man's prisoner through an unlocked door and lived happily ever after.
Little Red Riding Hood takes cookies to her ill grandmother's house, but encounters a wolf along the way. The wolf tricks Little Red Riding Hood into thinking he is her grandmother after eating the real grandmother. However, a woodcutter hears noises and saves Little Red Riding Hood from being eaten by the wolf. Little Red Riding Hood learns not to talk to strangers.
Isla invites her grandparents, Granny and Pop, to Grandparents' Day at her school. Granny and Pop travel a long way in their house truck from Nelson to attend. On the day of the event, Granny bakes muffins and they arrive late. During the activities, Pop loses the keys to the house truck.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet divided into multiple sections. The sections include rewriting statements and questions in reported speech, completing reported speech statements, translating sentences into another language, and vocabulary practice with compound nouns, prefixes, synonyms and antonyms. The document tests a variety of grammar and vocabulary concepts related to reported speech, tenses and parts of speech.
The document provides vocabulary exercises to practice using words in context. It includes filling in blanks with provided words, choosing the correct answers and writing follow up sentences, matching verbs with nouns or phrases, and completing sentences using phrases formed from the matches. It also includes grammar exercises practicing reported speech by rewriting direct quotes into indirect statements and questions and using the correct verb forms and modifications as needed. The exercises focus on building vocabulary and grammar skills.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet with multiple sections:
1. Completing sentences with relative pronouns.
2. Joining sentences with relative pronouns.
3. Circling relative pronouns that can be omitted.
4. Identifying defining and non-defining relative clauses.
5. Joining sentences with relative pronouns using commas.
6. Rewriting informal sentences formally.
7. Translating sentences into another language.
The document provides exercises to practice using relative pronouns in sentences.
This document contains an English grammar practice test with multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and other tasks focusing on conditional sentences and verb tenses. It covers topics like the third conditional, using "if" and "would" correctly, and forming conditional sentences based on different scenarios. The vocabulary section defines words like "afford", "purchase", and "discount" and has exercises matching words to definitions and completing sentences.
The Punishment of Joe Grundstrom - Part 1Di Meeeee
The document is a story about punishing Joe Grundstrom for how he treated Alexandra in the past. Various simselves are gathered at the narrator's house to watch as Joe is tormented. First, Indy, Archie, and Larch beat Joe up in an alley. Then Joe is transported to a swamp where he is attacked by bugs. More simselves like Alexandra and Charles arrive at the house to watch Joe's suffering.
The narrator once had an obnoxious sister who would bully her by taking her things without asking, eating food she had saved, and using the bath the narrator had prepared without permission. The narrator complained to her parents but they could not stop the sister. One day the sister came home crying from school, and the narrator felt sorry for her and brought her soup and tea, realizing her sister had also changed and was now kinder.
The document is a story about Evil Susan and her plans to open an "Evil" community lot called "Bugger Off And Die" in Riverblossom to scare and potentially harm residents. She stocks it with dangerous items and hopes for disasters like fires or lightning strikes. Though some residents are intrigued, others warn her not to hurt people. A large thunderstorm occurs, and it seems her pit may have worked as intended, injuring at least one person seeking help.
The document describes siblings Priscilla and Gilbert dragging their feet to the landfill to collect aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Upon entering the landfill, they tied handkerchiefs around their mouths due to the smoke, dust, and overwhelming stench. They sifted through piles of rubbish like old cardboard boxes, rusty metal containers, and furniture for over an hour. By the end, they had collected a large pile and were dirty and sweaty, but delighted that they would earn some money by selling the recyclables.
The document is a story written by the author about working at a garden gnome factory. Some key details:
1) The author worked at station 2 coloring gnome hats. He was in love with Nancy who worked at station 3.
2) A coworker, Julio, showed the author an abandoned thunderbird car in the woods and asked for his help repainting it to impress Nancy.
3) The author begrudgingly helped Julio with his plan to take Nancy on a picnic in the newly painted car, hoping to win her affection, though the author also had feelings for Nancy.
Lisa goes missing after a party at Bondi Beach. The next morning, Amy and Claire realize Lisa never returned to their hostel room. They search Sydney for Lisa, asking everyone if they've seen her. A waitress at a beach bar remembers seeing Lisa talking to a man with black hair at the party. While Amy and Claire are eating lunch, Amy receives a distressed phone call from Lisa, who is crying and says she needs help but doesn't know where she is.
The summary provides a concise overview of the key events in 3 sentences or less:
Cinderella is locked in the cellar by her ugly sisters while they go to the ball, but the magic fairy helps her get dressed up and take a coach to the ball, where she dances with and falls for the prince. However, she has to flee at midnight, losing a slipper on the stairs, and the prince searches the kingdom to find the girl whose foot fits the slipper.
Macmillan Readers - The House on The Hill by Elizabeth LairdEka Kurnia
Paul and Maria talked for a long time. The sun went down. It was nearly dark.
'I must go home,' said Maria.
'Where do you live?' asked Paul.
'In the big white house on the hill,' said Maria. 'Where do you live?'
'In the little brown house near the market,' said Paul.
They laughed. But Paul was sad. The house on the hill was big and important. Maria was rich, and he was poor. And Paul was in love.
Macmillan Readers: Beginner level
Audio book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3YGyUd8NRt5bmxBU2IzS25LRDQ
Sarah was excitedly waiting to open her birthday present while at Buffalo Wild Wings with her parents for her 10th birthday. Though she wanted to open it right away, her parents had her wait until after eating. When they finished their meal, Sarah opened the wrapping paper to discover, to her surprise, that her present was a phone. She was thrilled and thanked her parents repeatedly, as this birthday turned out to be the best ever.
This story is about Little Red Riding Hood who is taking cake and wine to her sick grandmother. On the way she meets a wolf who tricks her and gets to the grandmother's house first. He eats the grandmother and waits for Little Red Riding Hood in her bed. When she arrives he eats her too. A hunter later finds the sleeping wolf and cuts open his belly, saving Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.
A Piratical Legacy Chapter 37 - Far Too Many Teenagerspurplebunnysarah
The document summarizes the life and death of Pierce Buccaneer. It describes his close relationships with his daughter Angora, son-in-law Ian, and grandchildren Calico and Ragamuffin. On his last day, Pierce hugs family members and thanks them for living. He then passes away peacefully surrounded by his family.
The summary provides an overview of days 4-6 at Siminsane Sanitarium, where several simselves are confined. Tensions rise as simselves barge in on each other in the bathroom and argue over privacy and hygiene. Ashley receives an elf hat as a gift but her body odor grows worse. Food is left out attracting flies but still eaten. The landlord works various jobs to pay bills but the house falls further into disrepair as simselves neglect chores.
The third document describes a father trying unsuccessfully to calm his crying baby in the park using a teddy bear, chocolate, and quiet words, until an old
Holmes and Watson visit Helen Stoner, whose sister Julia died two years ago in strange circumstances. Helen is worried because she has heard strange noises and her life may be in danger from her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Holmes and Watson agree to spend the night in Julia's old room at Stoke Moran manor to investigate. Holmes suspects Roylott of foul play in Julia's death and that Helen's life may now be at risk as well.
Franga was an ugly girl who was forced to work constantly by her cruel father at his mill. One day, Franga's name appeared in the newspaper saying she could spin gold. A poor old man bought Franga from her father and locked her in a room, demanding she spin gold or be killed. A magical little person appeared and helped Franga by spinning gold in exchange for her possessions. Eventually, Franga escaped from being the poor man's prisoner through an unlocked door and lived happily ever after.
Little Red Riding Hood takes cookies to her ill grandmother's house, but encounters a wolf along the way. The wolf tricks Little Red Riding Hood into thinking he is her grandmother after eating the real grandmother. However, a woodcutter hears noises and saves Little Red Riding Hood from being eaten by the wolf. Little Red Riding Hood learns not to talk to strangers.
Isla invites her grandparents, Granny and Pop, to Grandparents' Day at her school. Granny and Pop travel a long way in their house truck from Nelson to attend. On the day of the event, Granny bakes muffins and they arrive late. During the activities, Pop loses the keys to the house truck.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet divided into multiple sections. The sections include rewriting statements and questions in reported speech, completing reported speech statements, translating sentences into another language, and vocabulary practice with compound nouns, prefixes, synonyms and antonyms. The document tests a variety of grammar and vocabulary concepts related to reported speech, tenses and parts of speech.
The document provides vocabulary exercises to practice using words in context. It includes filling in blanks with provided words, choosing the correct answers and writing follow up sentences, matching verbs with nouns or phrases, and completing sentences using phrases formed from the matches. It also includes grammar exercises practicing reported speech by rewriting direct quotes into indirect statements and questions and using the correct verb forms and modifications as needed. The exercises focus on building vocabulary and grammar skills.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet with multiple sections:
1. Completing sentences with relative pronouns.
2. Joining sentences with relative pronouns.
3. Circling relative pronouns that can be omitted.
4. Identifying defining and non-defining relative clauses.
5. Joining sentences with relative pronouns using commas.
6. Rewriting informal sentences formally.
7. Translating sentences into another language.
The document provides exercises to practice using relative pronouns in sentences.
This document contains an English grammar practice test with multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and other tasks focusing on conditional sentences and verb tenses. It covers topics like the third conditional, using "if" and "would" correctly, and forming conditional sentences based on different scenarios. The vocabulary section defines words like "afford", "purchase", and "discount" and has exercises matching words to definitions and completing sentences.
This document provides grammar and vocabulary practice exercises for students. It includes multiple choice questions to complete sentences using correct verb tenses and forms. There are also exercises on rewriting sentences in reported speech, joining sentences with relative pronouns, translating sentences into another language, and completing sentences with appropriate adjectives, prepositions, compound nouns, and single words. The exercises cover a range of grammar and vocabulary topics to help students practice and improve their skills.
The document contains a grammar practice worksheet with exercises on conditional sentences and verb forms. It includes filling in blanks with correct verb forms, writing responses using prompts, rewriting sentences in the third conditional form, and completing sentences with verbs, conjunctions, and other words. The exercises focus on practicing conditional sentences and various verb tenses and forms in English grammar.
The document provides vocabulary exercises to help learners improve their English vocabulary. It includes exercises where learners must identify words that fit in blanks based on context clues, choose the correct prepositions to complete sentences, and replace words and phrases with synonyms. It also includes a grammar section with exercises on conditional sentences, verb tenses, and correcting errors. The exercises focus on vocabulary and grammar concepts like synonyms, prepositions, conditionals, and verb tense agreement.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet with multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and translation exercises focusing on verb tenses and forms. It also includes a vocabulary practice section with word definitions, compound words, and sentence completion exercises related to media, journalism, and news topics. The document provides instruction and content for English language learners to practice and improve their grammar and vocabulary skills.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet with exercises on reported speech, questions in reported speech, reported commands/requests/suggestions, and rewriting a dialogue in reported speech. It also contains vocabulary exercises on travel-related words like backpack, sightseer, guidebook, etc. and prefixes.
This document contains an English grammar practice test with multiple choice questions and exercises on topics such as verb tenses, pronouns, prepositions, and word forms. The test covers basic grammar concepts and contains 6 sections with approximately 80 total questions and practice items for students to complete.
The document provides a vocabulary exercise with questions about matching sentences, replacing words, completing sentences, adding suffixes to words, and completing a passage. The questions test vocabulary in context and grammar through activities like rewriting sentences in different tenses.
This document provides vocabulary practice questions and grammar exercises. The vocabulary section includes matching words with their opposites, choosing the correct answers to fill in sentences, and selecting the appropriate continuation of sentences. The grammar section focuses on using relative pronouns correctly, combining sentences with relative clauses, and rewriting sentences using relative pronouns. The overall purpose is to help improve English vocabulary and grammar skills.
The document is a sample English language exam assessing grammar and language usage. It contains multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and other tasks involving verb tenses, pronouns, prepositions, reported speech, and conditional sentences. The exam tests a variety of essential grammar and language concepts.
1. The document provides vocabulary practice questions about understanding words in context.
2. It then has a passage to complete with vocabulary words about first responders treating injuries.
3. There are questions to test understanding of words like terrified, astonished, and tiring.
The document provides examples of sentence pairs where the second sentence does not logically follow from the first. It asks the reader to write a second sentence that does logically follow for several pairs where the first sentence includes a word in bold. It also asks the reader to complete mini-dialogues and passages using vocabulary words provided.
The document provides vocabulary practice exercises related to health, fitness, and nutrition. It includes exercises where learners must identify true or false statements, choose the correct answers in dialogues, replace words in sentences, complete sentences, and answer questions. The exercises focus on vocabulary related to topics like exercise, diet, illness, and mental and physical well-being.
This document contains vocabulary and grammar exercises focused on modals and gerunds/infinitives. The vocabulary section includes choosing the correct word to complete sentences, matching comments about performances to expressions, and completing sentences with target vocabulary. The grammar section focuses on using modals correctly to complete sentences, rewriting sentences using modals, and using modal perfects. The exercises provide practice with essential grammar and vocabulary concepts.
This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet with multiple exercises focusing on modal verbs and their correct usage. The exercises provide examples of sentences and ask the student to rewrite them using appropriate modal verbs, complete sentences with modal verbs from a list, translate sentences into another language, and more. The document covers modal verbs such as may, can, must, should and others as well as their grammatical functions in rewriting and completing sentences.
This document contains an English vocabulary exercise with multiple parts:
1. Students are asked to complete sentences by choosing the correct words from a list to fill in blanks.
2. Students match phrases to form complete sentences.
3. Students complete sentences to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary words in bold.
The exercise provides practice with vocabulary related to personality traits, relationships, and parts of speech. It asks students to apply their vocabulary knowledge through activities like sentence completion, matching, and demonstrating word meaning.
The document provides statements about two pictures, one labeled A and one labeled B, and asks the reader to determine if they are true or false. It then asks the reader to look at the pictures again and complete sentences about the differences and similarities between the pictures, such as what the students are doing and their attire. Finally, it prompts the reader to discuss the pictures in pairs, comparing and contrasting them using the information from the previous exercises.
1) The narrator takes a week off work pretending to be sick after a funeral goes badly. She spends the week drinking wine and eating junk food on the couch.
2) On Thursday, her boss calls to ask for a sick note. In a panic, the narrator goes to the doctor and gets a note saying she has a cold.
3) That night, the narrator goes out with a friend. However, she runs into her boss at the bar who calls her out for lying about being sick. He tells her to see him in his office on Monday.
The narrator and their three brothers - Skyler, Chris, and Alex - are stranded when their car breaks down on a remote road. They walk to a nearby creepy mansion for shelter. The owner, Mr. Drudge, allows them to stay the night. Later, the narrator discovers that Chris and Alex are missing from their rooms. When they inform Mr. Drudge, he insists the brothers must have wandered off and will return by morning. However, the narrator finds a secret door open in their room, raising suspicions about the strange events and Mr. Drudge.
1) The narrator is a young woman who was recently married to a stranger. On their wedding night, she is terrified to have sex with him as she does not know him.
2) However, her husband kindly refuses to have sex with her, saying they should wait until they truly know each other and want to make love, rather than have sex like strangers.
3) Over time, the narrator opens up to her husband and learns to reject the restrictive views of marriage and gender roles imposed by her parents. She falls in love with her husband as he treats her with kindness and respect.
Jess runs into the boy band The Only Truth at a pizza restaurant after sleeping in, getting food spilled on her dress, and befriending the boys while cleaning up; they realize they are being followed by fans and photographers and ask to hide out at Jess' house to escape, intrigued by the ordinary life of this new girl they just met.
The ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge visions from his past. He sees himself as a lonely boy alone at school on Christmas Day, experiencing the same sadness he saw in the boy who came to his shop to sing carols. The ghost then takes Scrooge to see his past self on a carriage ride with his sister, where he was clearly happy. Scrooge begins to feel sadness recalling his lonely childhood experiences and the boy he turned away earlier that day. The ghost intends to show Scrooge how he has changed from the happy man he once was.
This book contains poems and short stories by Ken P Duddle. It is his first published work. He has written on and off for years without much formal education but believes his imagination makes up for any flaws. A portion of proceeds will go to Cancer Research. Ken thanks friends and family for their support over the years. Readers can find more of his work online and leave comments. One poem is about aging and creaky bones. A short story is about two ghost friends chatting in a graveyard about their haunting jobs and apprentices. Another story is about a blind man guided by his dog to land a small plane in an emergency.
Jacob had a surreal experience where he felt like he was living in a dream world. He witnessed strange events like cognac disappearing into wood and the wood forming a demonic face. He realized it was his 25th birthday, the same date a demon had told him his mind would be lost. His friend Jeff took him out for his birthday but they disappeared. Jacob then woke up to his parents crying and learned he had been in a coma for 2 weeks after a serious car crash on his birthday, making him question what was real.
This summary provides context and key details from the document in 3 sentences:
Robbie returns home unexpectedly after several years away to visit his mother and sister Rachel for the winter solstice. Rachel is trying to fill out an application to join the Inderland Security (I.S.) like her father did, but knows her overprotective brother Robbie will disapprove given that their father died while working for the I.S. The two siblings argue over Rachel's career aspirations, with Robbie wanting her to pursue a safer path while Rachel is determined to follow in her father's footsteps and join the I.S. despite the risks.
This document provides an overview of events in the Nightmare household. It introduces the birth of the youngest child, 'Orrible, and describes how the twins Blight and Burns grow into teenagers. Despite Evil Susan's attempts to send the children to private school, they remain in their original school. The twins pop up as teenagers, with Blight gaining an interest in electronics and Burns focusing on art and music. 'Orrible begins to learn self-sufficiency, and mornings take on a more routine pattern in the household.
Circe is building a new house but the construction is being slowed down by Cricketta luring the workers to eat her cow cakes, affecting their work. Meanwhile, Citrine has a strange experience in the basement of the legacy house that leaves her feeling scared. Gray tells Darren he has decided to call off the wedding to Beryl and change the date to spring, surprising her. At Crazy Burger, Cal is embarrassed to be discovered working there by his classmate Katie.
Spider is afraid to participate in the school spelling bee but his family encourages him. His father tells him to pretend to be brave like a mountain lion. Later, his grandmother suggests pretending to be clever like a coyote. On the day of the bee, Spider takes their advice. He stands proudly on stage, turns his back to the audience, and listens to his spirit. Although he misspells a word, Spider is proud to come in second place. His family congratulates him on being brave like a mountain lion.
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The requirements for this essay are:
1. 500-600 words; 5-paragraph structure (can have more than five).
2. Your idea about the story itself—the value of the story (at least a paragraph)
3. How it applies to life in general (at least a paragraph)
4. How it applies to you. Write about an item that is important to you, one that has been passed down to you or one that you hope will be or an item that you have that you will plan to pass down to someone (at least a paragraph). .
5. Be sure to supply
a. A parenthetical reference
b. A Works Cited
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1. Slog's Dad
David Almond
Spring had come. I’d been running round all day with Slog and we were starving. We were
crossing the square to Myers pork shop. Slog stopped dead in his tracks.
“What’s up?” I said.
He nodded across the square.
“Look,” he said.
“Look at what?”
“It’s me dad,” he whispered.
“Your dad?”
“Aye.”
I just looked at him.
“That bloke there,” he said.
“What bloke where?”
“Him on the bench. Him with the cap on. Him with the stick.”
I shielded my eyes from the sun with my hand and tried to see. The bloke had his hands
resting on the top of the stick.
He had his chin resting on his hands. His hair was long and tangled and his clothes
were tattered and worn, like he was poor or like he’d been on a long journey. His face was in
the shadow of the brim of his cap, but you could see that he was smiling.
“Slogger, man,” I said. “Your dad's dead.”
“I know that, Davie. But it’s him. He’s come back again, like he said he would. In the
spring.”
He raised his arm and waved.
“Dad!” he shouted. “Dad!”
The bloke waved back.
“See?” said Slog. “Howay.”
He tugged my arm.
“No,” I whispered. “No!”
And I yanked myself free and I went into Myers, and Slog ran across the square to his
dad.
Slog’s dad had been a binman, a skinny bloke with a creased face and a greasy flat cap.
He was always puffing on a Woodbine. He hung on to the back of the bin wagon as it lurched
through the estate, jumped off and on, slung the bins over his shoulder, tipped the muck into
the back. He was forever singing hymns – “Faith of our Fathers,” “Hail Glorious Saint
Patrick,” stuff like that. “Here he comes again,” my Mam would say as he bashed the bins
and belted out “Oh, Sacred Heart” at eight o'clock on a Thursday morning. But she’d be
smiling, because everybody liked Slog’s dad, Joe Mickley, a daft and canny soul.
First sign of his illness was just a bit of a limp, then Slog came to school one day and
said, “Me dad’s got a black spot on his big toenail.”
“Just like Treasure Island, eh?” I said.
“What’s it mean?” he said.
I was going to say death and doom, but I said, “He could try asking the doctor.”
“He has asked the doctor.”
Slog looked down. I could smell his dad on him, the scent of rotten rubbish that was
always on him. They lived just down the street from us, and the whole house had that smell in
it, no matter how much Mrs Mickley washed and scrubbed. Slog’s dad knew it. He said it
was the smell of the earth. He said there’d be nowt like it in Heaven.
2. “The doctor said it’s nowt,” Slog said. “But he’s staying in bed today, and he’s going to
hospital tomorrow. What’s it mean, Davie?”
“How should I know?” I said.
I shrugged.
“It’s just a spot, man, Slog!” I said.
Everything happened fast after that. They took the big toe off, then the foot, then the leg
to halfway up the thigh. Slog said his mother reckoned his dad had caught some germs from
the bins. My mother said it was all the Woodbines he puffed. Whatever it was, it seemed they
stopped it. They fitted a tin leg on him and sent him home. It was the end of the bins, of
course. He took to sitting on the little garden wall outside the house. Mrs Mickley often sat
with him and they’d be smelling their roses and nattering and smiling and swigging tea and
puffing Woodbines.
He used to show off his new leg to passers-by.
“I’ll get the old one back when I’m in Heaven,” he said.
If anybody asked was he looking for work, he’d laugh.
“Work? I can hardly bliddy walk.”
And he’d start on “Faith of Our Fathers,” and everybody’d smile.
Then he got a black spot on his other big toenail, and they took him away again, and
they started chopping at his other leg, and Slog said it was like living in a horror picture.
When Slog’s dad came home next he spent his days parked in a wheelchair in his garden. He
didn’t bother with tin legs: just pyjama bottoms folded over his stumps. He was quieter. He
sat day after day in the summer sun among his roses staring out at the pebbledash walls and
the red roofs and the empty sky. The Woodbines dangled in his fingers, “Sacred Heart”
drifted gently from his lips. Mrs Mickley brought him cups of tea, glasses of beer,
Woodbines. Once I stood with Mam at the window and watched Mrs Mickley stroke her
husband’s head and gently kiss his cheek.
“She’s telling him he’s going to get better,” said Mam.
We saw the smile growing on Joe Mickley’s face.
“That’s love,” said Mam. “True love.”
Slog’s dad still joked and called out to anybody passing by.
“Walk?” he’d say. “Man, I cannot even bliddy hop.”
“They can hack your body to a hundred bits,” he’d say. “But they cannot hack your
soul.”
We saw him shrinking. Slog told me he’d heard his mother whispering about his dad’s
fingers coming off. He told me about Mrs Mickley lifting his dad from the chair each night,
laying him down, whispering her goodnights, like he was a little bairn. Slog said that some
nights when he was really scared, he got into bed beside them.
“But it just makes it worse,” he said. He cried. “I’m bigger than me dad, Davie. I’m
bigger than me bliddy dad!”
And he put his arms around me and put his head on my shoulder and cried.
“Slog, man,” I said as I tugged away. “Howay, Slogger, man!”
One day late in August, Slog’s dad caught me looking. He waved me to him. I went to
him slowly. He winked.
“It’s alreet,” he whispered. “I know you divent want to come too close.”
He looked down to where his legs should be.
“They tell us if I get to Heaven I’ll get them back again,” he said. “What d’you think of
that, Davie?”
I shrugged.
“Dunno, Mr Mickley,” I said.
“Do you reckon I’ll be able to walk back here if I do get them back again?”
3. “Dunno, Mr Mickley.”
I started to back away.
“I’ll walk straight out them pearly gates,” he said. He laughed. “I’ll follow the smells.
There’s no smells in Heaven. I’[ll follow the bliddy smells right back here to the lovely
earth.”
He looked at me.
“What d’you think of that?” he said.
Just a week later, the garden was empty. We saw Doctor Molly going in, then Father
O’Mahoney, and just as dusk was coming on, Mr Blenkinsop, the undertaker.
The week after the funeral, I was heading out of the estate for school with Slog, and he
told me, “Dad said he’s coming back.”
“Slogger, man,” I said.
“His last words to me. Watch for me in the spring, he said.”
“Slogger, man. It’s just cos he was...”
“What?”
I gritted my teeth.
“Dying, man!”
I didn’t mean to yell at him, but the traffic was thundering past us on the bypass. I got
hold of his arm and we stopped.
“Bliddy dying,” I said more softly.
“Me Mam says that and all,” said Slog. “She says we’ll have to wait. But I cannot wait
till I’m in Heaven, Davie. I want to see him here one more time.”
Then he stared up at the sky.
“Dad,” he whispered. “Dad!”
I got into Myers. Chops and sausages and bacon and black pudding and joints and pies
sat in neat piles in the window. A pink pig’s head with its hair scorched off and a grin on its
face gazed out at the square. There was a bucket of bones for dogs and a bucket of blood on
the floor. The marble counters and Billy Myers’s face were gleaming.
“Aye aye, Davie,” he said.
“Aye,” I muttered.
“Saveloy, I suppose? With everything?”
“Aye. Aye.”
I looked out over the pig’s head. Slog was with the bloke, looking down at him, talking
to him. I saw him lean down to touch the bloke.
“And a dip?” said Billy.
“Aye,” I said.
He plunged the sandwich into a trough of gravy.
“Bliddy lovely,” he said. “Though I say it myself. A shilling to you, sir.”
I paid him but I couldn’t go out through the door. The sandwich was hot. The gravy
was dripping to my feet.
Billy laughed.
“Penny for them,” he said.
I watched Slog get on to the bench beside the bloke.
“Do you believe there’s life after death?” I said.
Billy laughed.
“Now there’s a question for a butcher!” he said.
A skinny old woman came in past me.
“What can I do you for, pet?” said Billy. “See you, Davie.”
He laughed.
“Kids!” he said.
4. Slog looked that happy as I walked towards them. He was leaning on the bloke and the
bloke was leaning back on the bench grinning at the sky. Slog made a fist and face of joy
when he saw me.
“It’s dad, Davie!” he said. “See? I told you.”
I stood in front of them.
“You remember Davie, Dad,” said Slog.
The bloke looked at me. He looked nothing like the Joe Mickley I used to know. His
face was filthy but it was smooth and his eyes were shining bright.
“Course I do,” he said. “Nice to see you, son.”
Slog laughed.
“Davie’s a bit scared,” he said.
“No wonder,” said the bloke. “That looks very tasty.”
I held the sandwich out to him.
He took it, opened it and smelt it and looked at the meat and pease pudding and stuffing
and mustard and gravy. He closed his eyes and smiled then lifted it to his mouth.
“Saveloy with everything,” he said. He licked the gravy from his lips, wiped his chin
with his hand. “Bliddy lovely. You got owt to drink?”
“No,” I said.
“Ha. He has got a tongue!”
“He looks a bit different,” said Slog. “But that's just cos he’s been...”
“Transfigured,” said the bloke.
“Aye,” said Slog. “Transfigured. Can I show him your legs, Dad?”
The bloke laughed gently. He bit his saveloy sandwich. His eyes glittered as he
watched me.
“Aye,” he said. “Gan on. Show him me legs, son.”
And Slog knelt at his feet and rolled the bloke’s tattered trouser bottoms up and showed
the bloke’s dirty socks and dirty shins.
“See?” he whispered.
He touched the bloke’s legs with his fingers.
“Aren’t they lovely?” he said. “Touch them, Davie.”
I didn’t move.
“Gan on,” said the bloke. “Touch them, Davie.”
His voice got colder.
“Do it for Slogger, Davie,” he said.
I crouched, I touched, I felt the hair and the skin and the bones and muscles underneath.
I recoiled, I stood up again.
“It’s true, see?” said Slog. “He got them back in Heaven.”
“What d’you think of that, then, Davie?” said the bloke.
Slog smiled.
“He thinks they’re bliddy lovely, Dad.”
Slog stroked the bloke’s legs one more time then rolled the trousers down again.
“What’s Heaven like, Dad?” said Slog.
“Hard to describe, son.”
“Please, Dad.”
“It’s like bright and peaceful and there’s God and the angels and all that...” The bloke
looked at his sandwich. “It’s like having all the saveloy dips you ever want. With everything,
every time.”
“It must be great.”
“Oh, aye, son. It’s dead canny.”
“Are you coming to see Mam, Dad?” he said.
5. The bloke pursed his lips and sucked in air and gazed into the sky.
“Dunno. Dunno if I’ve got the time, son.”
Slog’s face fell.
The bloke reached out and stroked Slog’s cheek.
“This is very special,” he said. “Very rare. They let it happen cos you’re a very rare and
special lad.”
He looked into the sky and talked into the sky.
“How much longer have I got?” he said, then he nodded. “Aye. OK. OK.”
He shrugged and looked back at Slog.
“No,” he said. “Time’s pressing. I cannot do it, son.”
There were tears in Slog’s eyes.
“She misses you that much, Dad,” he said.
“Aye. I know.” The bloke looked into the sky again. “How much longer?” he said.
He took Slog in his arms.
“Come here,” he whispered.
I watched them hold each other tight.
“You can tell her about me,” said the bloke. “You can tell her I love and miss her and
all.” He looked at me over Slog’s shoulder. "And so can Davie, your best mate. Can’t you,
Davie? Can’t you?”
“Aye,” I muttered.
Then the bloke stood up. Slog still clung to him.
“Can I come with you, Dad?” he said.
The bloke smiled.
“You know you can’t, son.”
“What did you do?” I said.
“Eh?” said the bloke.
“What job did you do?”
The bloke looked at me, dead cold.
“I was a binman, Davie,” he said. “I used to stink but I didn’t mind. And I followed the
stink to get me here.”
He cupped Slog’s face in his hands.
“Isn’t that right, son?”
“Aye,” said Slog.
“So what’s Slog’s mother called?” I said.
“Eh?”
“Your wife. What’s her name?”
The bloke looked at me. He looked at Slog. He pushed the last bit of sandwich into his
mouth and chewed. A sparrow hopped close to our feet, trying to get at the crumbs. The
bloke licked his lips, wiped his chin, stared into the sky.
“Please, Dad,” whispered Slog.
The bloke shrugged. He gritted his teeth and sighed and looked at me so cold and at
Slog so gentle.
“Slog’s mother,” he said. “My wife...” He shrugged again. “She’s called Mary.”
“Oh, Dad!” said Slog and his face was transfigured by joy. “Oh, Dad!”
The bloke laughed.
“Ha! Bliddy ha!”
He held Slog by the shoulders.
“Now, son,” he said. “You got to stand here and watch me go and you mustn’t follow.”
“I won’t, Dad,” whispered Slog.
“And you must always remember me.”
6. “I will, Dad.”
“And me, you and your lovely Mam’ll be together again one day in Heaven.”
“I know that, Dad. I love you, Dad.”
“And I love you.”
And the bloke kissed Slog, and twisted his face at me, then turned away. He started
singing “Faith of Our Fathers.” He walked across the square past Myers pork shop, and
turned down on to the High Street. We ran after him then and we looked down the High
Street past the people and the cars but there was no sign of him, and there never would be
again.
We stood there speechless. Billy Myers came to the doorway of the pork shop with a
bucket of bones in his hand and watched us.
“That was me dad,” said Slog.
“Aye?” said Billy.
“Aye. He come back, like he said he would, in the spring.”
“That’s good,” said Billy. “Come and have a dip, son. With everything.”