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Breanna BarberJoanna Palaganas Stories 04-07

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  • The Ten of Spades
  • The bird swap
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  • Karen´s Books
  • The Ten of Spades

    Timing is everything is it not?  Right down to the nanosecond it seems.  I glance over at the alarm and see that there are only ten seconds left of the original two minutes I had set it for.  Running my hand through my dark rambunctious curly hair, I find myself thinking, this could change everything.  When I close my eyes, I see us.  The first moment his green eyes stared into my hazel blues, I knew I was done for.  He had been watching me from across the library.  I had piles of homework up to my neck and a four o’clock shadow under my bloodshot eyes. The stress was intense back in those day...f9Kone door

    The bird swap

    A bird? Seriously? Among all of my sister’s relatives, she lets me take care of her bird for the holiday. “Please Jade! It’ll be just for a week. I’ll pick her right up as soon as I get home.” my sister begged “Just give her 2 teaspoons of the seeds I gave you every day” she said as she walked out carrying 2 suitcases. Great, now I’m stuck with this bird I don’t even know what to do with, while she’s going to some posh hotels in London to spend Christmas. I placed the bird's cage on our kitchen table. Jackie, my sister, didn’t even tell me what kind of bird it is. So I took various pictures of...f9Kone door

    TRUST

    Jeff and Lisa lived on a small ranch in Wyoming. They both had their own horse and the family had chickens. Their grandfather bought the house for their parents 20 years ago when they got married.Thwww.onedoor.cceir dad, John, was a coal miner of the new generation, no more going underground to those dangerous mines risking his life, like his father did. Modern technology took care of that, by providing the means to extract the coal from the surface. Mining has declined over the years, but John was thankful he still had his job.Debbie, their mom was a nurse at the local hospital, and had to work long hours...f9Kone door

    Karen´s Books

    “No no. As I said, it’s colourful.” “I really am gonna need a bit more information than that from ya sir.”“Yes, yes of course. I’m playing your game. What else… it concerns fragility and how should I describe it…”“We only ‘ave a small selection ‘ere...”“SHAPELESSNESS!” “Maybe you could take a look in anovver branch?” “Hah! We both know you stock all of the number one best sellers here. Yes yes! Do wave your manager over! Hello ma’am, a very tight ship you keep!”“Hello Mr Mosely, we haven’t seen you in a while? Did SeaRock keep the item you were looking for.”“You’ll be pleased to know they gave...f9Kone door

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