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The cheerleaders lined up. They waved their pom poms in the air. It was time for the team to take the field. They started a cheer for the crowd. The cheerleaders smiled and did flips.
"Robert was fishing by the lake. He fell asleep on the shore. A fish bit on his line. The fish pulled the rod into the water. When Robert woke up, he began looking for the rod and reel."
Frank was a pitcher for a MLB team. But last season Frank got hurt and had to receive Tommy John surgery. Frank was scared he would not pitch again. But after a year and a half Frank came back to pitch again. Frank was once again a pitcher for a MLB team.
Leanne learned that she had a lot of mediterranean heritage. She planned a trip to the southern coast of Europe to research it. Leanne pored over local passenger manifests and community registers. Leanne learned a great deal about her ancestry. She learned that her ancestry was fairly unremarkable.
Tom was driving at night. A cop pulled him over. Tom was told he had a broken tail light. He was given a ticket and told to fix it. Tom fixed it that same night.
Steve decided to ride his bike in the house. While his parents were gone he got the idea. He brought his bike in and took it upstairs. Next he put on his helmet to ride downstairs. His parents caught him and he got grounded.
"I found a beautiful flower filled field today. Even though it seemed like the perfect place there were no animals. The only thing in the field was bees. Honey bees, searching for pollen. I even found the honey bee hives in the field."
There were no muffins. I was hoping there would be some when i got home. I walked through the door. I went to the kitchen. And I checked the pantry.
Tom joined a new company. He had just quit from his old job. Within the first few months they announced a takeover. His old company was buying out the new one he was at. Tom was fired shortly after.
"Connie found an abandoned suitcase lying on the ground. She took it home and wondered what to do with it. Her imagination took hold and imagined stacks of money inside. Tempted, she opened the locks and looked inside. It was just a bunch of boring documents and folders."
"Truman lived in Sea Haven. It was a great town, but he felt something was wrong. He always felt like he was being watched. Truman tried to leave the town. A large fire spread across the outskirts of town."
I bumped into my neighbor Ashley today. She just started a job as a teacher. She had taken five years off after her son was born. She said it was quite an adjustment getting back to the work world. I had just retired and told her I was adjusting the other way.
Jeff just turned 21. So he decided to try some alcohol. He became addicted and drank alcohol every day. But his family intervened. It took years for Jeff to get over his addiction.
"My son had a sleepover when he was seven. He invited two of his friends over, Joe and Tim. Tim was adventurous but Joe was introverted. At midnight, Joe had to go home as he missed his mom. Joe is 27 and still lives at home."
"The Momoa family of 8 lived in a 6 bedroom home. Someone was always home during any given 24 hour period. They used a lot of energy every day and night. Their electric bill was high so they looked into getting solar panels. When they got their solar panels,their electric bill dropped $400!"
My child asked me if we could do a science experiment at home. I looked online for one that seemed fun. We mixed cornstarch and water to make a non-Newtonian fluid. My child was very curious about how such a thing could be happening. I was out of my depth and could not explain it to my child.
Bob went into the back yard with the dogs. He noticed the fence was falling down. He went back into the house and called a fence contractor. The contractor gave him and estimate. Bob had the contractor install the new fence.
Mist was very interested in ancient ruins. Her parents took her to a nearby museum complex. The museum had some actual ruins that had been excavated. Mist loved her time at the museum a great deal. She resolved then and there to get into archaeology.
Tom was going bald at an early age. He tried different things to fix it. Nothing really worked for him. Tom had surgery to implant fake hair. It made Tom feel more confident.
"As a child I loved climbing trees. One day I was playing outside and I decided to jump for a branch. I took a few steps backwards to prepare for my leap. I ran, leaped and could not reach the branch and fell on my back. There on the ground, I decided that I wouldn't attempt this again."
Austin's dad drove him to t-ball every Saturday morning. Austin would go and play in the grass in the outfield. One Saturday Austin's dad asked him if he liked playing. He told his dad he just went for the snowcone after the game. Austin's dad decided to stop taking him to play the games on Saturday.
My sister-in-law has trouble sleeping through the night. She has apnea but refuses to wear a mask. She thus gets tired easily. Last week she fell asleep with a cup of soda in her hand. She spilled the soda onto her carpet.
Todd wanted to do things only in a natural manner. He cut off all of his electronic devices and threw out many things. He started trying to live naturally. He found that at every turn he encountered unnatural modernity. Todd gave up his goal and embraced the modern era.
"She was asked at the party what she would wish if she had one wish. The caveat, however, was that it would only last one hour. This was something she had to put some thought into, and did. Wishing for time, for money, for health, which should she choose? I wish for a wish that would last forever was her answer."
"Tyler was hungry but there was nothing in the house. He looked in his wallet and only had a dollar. He went to a fast food restaurant but they didn't have a dollar menu. He went to several more, and finally found one with a dollar menu. As he tried to decide, he realized he wasn't hungry anymore."
"Nancy is a helpful friend. She always helps us in any way. One day she is the one who needs help. Because she'd been a good friend to us, we helped her. Then we realized, friends helps each other like family."
"Joe has an accounting test. He has studied all week. When he got to his test, he was ready. He knew everything and had no problems. He was glad he had been studying."
"There was an elephant called Burma. Burma got stuck in a wire and her ear was nearly cut off. Before her ear fell off, she was found by rescuers in a ditch. She was pulled from the ditch and the wire was removed. She was put in a sanctuary and adopted by her rescuers."
"Tobarish was working at the electric plant when the lights went out. The entire town was cloaked in darkness. Tobarish sighed, as he knew there'd be a lot of paperwork. He went down to ask what was going on, but the picture was clear. Someone had forgotten to set the tolerances correctly."
Martin came at the airport in the morning. His flight was scheduled. He came to the checkpoint counter. He found out he forgot his passport. He had to fly the next day.
"Kyla decided to make French toast for her family. As she was cooking, she knocked the sugar over. She scooped out as much as she could. Luckily her family ate it anyway. When Kyla tasted it, it was disgusting."
Nora was a gamer. She bought a new video game. It was exciting but violent. Her mom told her she wasn't allowed to play it anymore. Nora cried and stomped her feet.
Tim was in a big cage fight. It took place in a high elevation city. Tim wasn't prepared for the high altitude. Tim ran out of cardio early on. He was destroyed toward the end of the fight.
Sara was obsessed with a new video game on her phone. She would walk around outside while playing it all the time. One day she was so distracted that she walked into oncoming traffic. She broke several bones and was in pain for months before they healed. She made sure to stay aware of her surroundings after that.
"Alex's indoor cat slipped out the house one day. She tried calling him back in, but he wouldn't come. Off in the distance, a family of raccoons waddled out of the bushes. The cat was terrified and raced back in, fur fluffed up in fear. Alex left some cookies outside afterwards to thank the raccoons."
"Taffy Smaffy was working on a film set when she met her husband. They were working on different ends of a set of a filming. When a light nearly fell on Taffy. Her groom to be dived and tried to save her. Unfortunately his jump was short, but the light wouldn't have hit her."
"My mom once told me that she would take me to a baseball game. The only condition was that I had to clean the house. After she left the house, I cleaned as best as I could. When she got home, she said I did a good job and took me to the game. The game was fun and I was very happy."
My niece has a cat that is devoted to her. She is away at college but came back last weekend. She was getting ready to leave Monday. The cat sat on her lap to try to prevent her from leaving. She took a photo on Snapchat.
Rico was forbidden to have a girlfriend until finished school. But he already have a girlfriend for a year. He hide it from her parents. When his parents find out they told rico to break up with her. But rico did not do it because he loves his girlfriend that much.
Jack loved green beans. He decided to make green bean casserole. He had seen his mom make it many times. He bought all the ingredients and tried it. It was the best he had ever eaten.
Alice's dog had three puppies. They were mini versions of her. Alice wanted to keep all three. Her parents decided to sell them. She visits them once a week to keep an eye on their health.
"Porter was spending the day at the beach. He decided to build a sand castle. He spent many hours building the sandcastle. After he finished, he left to get something from his car. When he came back, the sand castle had been destroyed."
George loved playing hide and seek. While playing he hid under a rug. His playmates couldn't find him. He had difficulty breathing and was unable to get from under the rug. He died of asphyxiation.
Tom was out hiking. He tripped on a log. Tom broke his foot. He wasn't able to walk back. It took him hours to hop and hobble.
Rafe was speeding in a BMW he was test driving from the dealership. Rafe thought he was a professional race car driver. He misjudged his speed while attempting to take a turnoff. The car landed in a house that 20 feet below the roadway. Rafe was later found hiding in his home by the police.
"When he was 16, Jake's family had to move to Louisiana. Jake didn't want to move away from his friends. He made a plan so he wouldn't have to move. He got a job and his own apartment close to his school. Jake ended up not moving to Louisiana with his family."
The neighbors across the street had a vicious dog. They didn't take any precautions to ensure it is safely contained. It ran the roads trying to attack any people and pets constantly. My niece was in my yard playing when it attacked her. We called the police and they shot the dog.
"Emma wanted to make potato soup. She looked in a cookbook to find a recipe. She found a recipe that looked really tasty. She made the soup carefully, following all the instructions. It was so tasty she ate it all."
Karen has four children. She gave birth to five but one was diagnosed with cancer. Little Tasha was with Karen for the first five years of her life. Tasha passed three weeks after her fifth birthday. She's gone but she is not forgotten.
Tim's neighbors had an ugly dog. Nobody like to play with it. Tim felt bad for it. He would play with it often. They became good friends after a while.
Arnold served as the repairman for food dispensers on a ship. He was not especially good at his job nor much of anything. He improperly repaired a dispenser nozzle one day. Being egotistical as well as incompetent this went unnoticed. All the crewmen got sick because of the tainted nozzle.
Jimmy decided to support Trump for the election. He wore a Trump shirt to meet his girlfriend's parents. The parents were in shock as was his girlfriend. The girlfriend couldn't be with him if he supported Trump. They broke up because of political opinions.
Tom was getting married. His wife and him had a favorite song. The dj was supposed to play it for their first dance. Unfortunately he messed it up and got a different song. Tom talked to him and had hid dance later.
Jimmy was very fat. He was trying to reach a two liter of pepsi from the top shelf. He couldn't reach it though. He asked for a clerk to hand it to him. He felt so ashamed but he sure loved that pepsi.
"The quilts displayed throughout the large hall were stunning. Annie was bitten with the quilting bug at the exhibition. She mulled over how she could get started on the quilting path. At one of the booths, Annie found her answer. Mustering her resolve, Annie enrolled in a beginning quilting class."
"The kids were playing outside. They all climbed onto the swing. They swung back and forth. As they got higher and higher, they all screamed. It was so fun being high in the air!"
Claire had a lot of fears. Her biggest fear was a strange one. It was the fear of being watched by a duck from somewhere. People would think she was mad when she told them. Anatidaephobia was the real name she would tell them to reinforce it.
"Little Lisa loved sweets! She couldn't wait until Easter. When the day came, she jumped out of bed. She went on an Egg hunt and found 23 eggs. All were filled with jellybeans, to Lisa's delight!"
Ashley and Jeff just got married! They went to Cancun for their honeymoon. They relaxed by the ocean for six days straight. They just got home today and unpacked. Now they have to work the next day and get back to reality.
John's favorite artist just came out with a new CD. So John drove to the store to get it. John took the CD home to listen to it. John listened to it all day. It was the best album he has heard.
"My interest in biology started via exploring the world in childhood. I'll never forget discovering an amazing creature in the garden. Pulling weeds, I stumbled upon a snail glistening in the leaves. His tiny shell and soft body, so different from me, were fascinating. That garden snail taught me in a flash the wondrou...
"I was at a party. A friend asked me to watch her two year old child for a minute. As soon as she left, her kid put her hand on a burning candle. She screamed as hot wax stuck to her hand. The mother rushed back, yelling at me."
"I always wanted to be able to dunk a basketball. I decided to try one summer afternoon. I kept missing and I was beginning to lose faith in myself. Finally, on one attempt, I jumped high enough to throw the ball in. I was so happy, I ran in to tell my parents."
Debbie felt sad and lonely after her divorce. Her son was all grown up and living in another state. The house simply felt too empty with only Debbie living there. Debbie followed a friend's advice to get a dog or cat. She had never realized getting a pet could make such a big difference.
"In 5th grade, we had to write a paper on culture. I wrote about the culture of Native Americans. My teacher told me it was too broad and gave me a bad grade. I had Native American friend come and help with a redo of my project. My teacher was happy that I was dedicated and she gave me an A+."
"Bertha had a sudden inspirational idea for a music video. She'd sing in a water filled mansion. She bought garments and jewelry she thought would be perfect. Bertha hired a very famous director. She died during filming, because she didn't remember to learn to swim."
Maria went to the river. Maria loves to go to the river. Maria went fishing at the river. Maria caught a big fish. Maria was very proud of herself.
"When I was small my mother was planning on having me baptized. I thought that should be my decision and I was going to resist. They took me to the church, and I was scared. I hid under the table and would not come out. I was not baptized, but believed in god, and later changed my mind."
I have twenty nine mixing bowls in my house. My husband forgot we had a lot of mixing bowls. He asked me to buy another at the store. I reminded him that we had a lot of mixing bowls. I helped him find them in the kitchen.
My wife collects vintage dolls. She saw a doll selling on eBay for $10. She put in a proxy bid of $25. She was outbid quickly. The doll sold for $50.
"I used to litter everywhere. One day, I threw a candy wrapper and a bird started to eat it. The bird choked on it before spitting it out. It made me realize how littering affects other organisms. Now I actively work to keep people from littering."
"While Harry was there, his editor had a visit from a man in dark suit. Harry watched as the man in dark handed his editor a document. Harry knew it had to do with his article about governor's office. After the man left, Harry's editor, Ryan, called him into his office. Ryan was forced to fire Harry."
Claudia was browsing through magazines. She saw an ad for a new perfume. She tried the sample in the magazine. The sample gave her an allergic reaction. Barb was more careful about trying random perfumes.
"In South Africa, every day I would walk to the store for food. I always passed by an old man in a wheelchair. I wanted to pray for him but could never convince myself. Finally it came to the end of my time in South Africa. The day I left I mustered up the courage to finally pray."
"Charles only likes public speaking when he knows what to say. It takes him too long to memorize speeches. He tried, however, not to panic when he was assigned a speech. He wrote a magnificent speech and practiced it. In front of the class, however, he was so nervous he looked stupid."
"Bonnie had been losing her things lately. She would misplace her keys, wallet, and cellphone often. She knew she needed to start carrying a purse. She went shopping and found a few she liked. The store was about to close so she bought a brown leather purse."
Sara needed help with her tennis serve. She hired a tennis pro to help her. The pro helped improve her serve. Sara's serve got much better. She was able to win matches with just her serve.
"Jamie was walking down the street at night. She was humming a tune to herself. The sound of breaking glass stopped her in her tracks. A fear gripped her and she started walking faster. There had been an accident behind her, and she could have helped."
Jason was out swimming with a friend. His friend was not a very good swimmer. Jason made his friend stay closer to shore. The waves knocked his friend over. His friend was easily able to get to shore alone.
Today my cousin is getting married. She has known her fiance for 3 years. They decided that they will get married at a winery. The wedding will be small. They will have the wedding they want.
"Anita decided she didn't want a sofa in her living room. She thought it invited people to sleep over. She did, however, have two cushion chairs and a straw love-seat. Someone told her that her stress was partly due to nowhere to relax. So Anita went out and bought a big comfortable sofa."
"Dean always wanted to be in a band. He wrote an ad online to find local people to play with. With his ad, he posted a video of him playing drums. The video got hundreds of views within the first day. Before the end of the week, Dean was in a band playing live in a pub."
Tom was a popular celebrity. He decided to get into mixed martial arts. He trained hard for his first fight. Unfortunately he went against a real fighter. He was crushed and humbled.
Michael liked to paint figures on little blocks of wood. He sold them at crafts fairs and other local events. He got the materials for less than ten dollars. He sold the blocks for twenty five dollars each. Michael made good money doing something he enjoyed.
"Kara was starting up a jewelry business with limited resources. A friend let her sell items at her store for a small commission. When sales were good, she needed a source of inexpensive supplies. Kara found a charity thrift store loaded with donated accessories. The secondhand necklaces provided parts galore while hel...
John got stung by a bee. He did not think he was allergic. The next day it started to swell. He went to the hospital immediately. They gave him a shot for it.
Nel wanted to make a fresh new loaf of bread. She gathered the ingredients and made the dough. Nel left the dough to rise while she worked on her computer. Nel became distracted and several hours passed. Nel returned to find that her dough was flat and oily.
"My second grade class were asked to write stories about their family. Josh's story described his father as yelling, hitting, and menacing. I was concerned and questioned a tearful Josh about his story. Seeing bruises on his body, I contacted Child Protective Services. Eventually, Josh and his mother were helped into a...
"Miss Anthony was an elementary school teacher. One day, the students needed to take a standardized test. Miss Anthony went over the necessary material with her students. The students passed the standardized test with flying colors. The next day, Miss Anthony rewarded her students with candy."
Garry was a very poor man who just lost his house. He spent a few nights in the shelter but it was full the next day. Garry found a nice park and a big cardboard box. He crawled in the cardboard box and went to sleep. Garry woke up the next morning convinced he'd find a job.
Jerry and Lisa were having a baby. The baby was supposed to be a boy. Jerry and Lisa decorated bought a lot of boy items for the baby. The baby ended up being a girl! Jerry and Lisa had to exchange most of their items.
A group of us got together to watch the debate. We had a diverse group show up. We debated back and forth on our own. We had some really good conversation. I think we will do it again.
"Megan thought she was the best bowler around. She challenged her roommate, Pearl to a friendly competition. Pearl agreed. Pearl would put in practice time early in the mornings before work. Megan was quite upset when Pearl won the competition."
My coworker got engaged in 2007. She had dated a paramedic for several months. He gave her a huge engagement ring. Months later she found out he was cheating on her. She returned the ring and canceled the engagement.
Messina was at a stakeout. He was waiting for a drug dealer to leave his house. Then he saw the drug dealer through a window. The dealer spotted him and bolted. Messina ran inside but the dealer was already gone.
"Corinne's apartment smelled terrible. She sought the source of the odor. She checked the trash cans, to no avail. She checked for rotting food, but found none. It turned out that an orange was rotting underneath a kitchen cabinet."
Tom's hair was too long. He couldn't afford to go to his barber. He tried using a coupon at a local salon. They ruined his hair. Tom never went to a cheap place again.
Joe was a terrible dancer and his wife was good at it. Joe wanted to dance with her. So Joe to dancing lessons. He worked hard everyday to get better at dancing. One day he showed his wife his new dance moves.
Pete loved watching movies. He found his favorite one on Netflix. He watched it three times in a row one night. Pete decided to try the sequel next. He loved everything by that director!
Today was the first sunny day in a week. I opened up all the windows in the house. The warm air felt perfect. I wanted all the sun to shine in. I was tired of the rain.