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Rick was searching for a bicycle helmet. But he didn't want to settle for something cheap. He saw an expensive helmet on sale. And he bought it right away. Rick was happy about how much money he saved.
Eric was only 5 years old. He was playing outside when he fell to the ground. Eric looked down at his knee and saw a lot of blood. Eric ran to his mother inside. She washed and bandaged the scrape and Eric felt much better.
Tom wanted to make a show. He started drawing and writing. He started putting stuff on youtube. It started to get popular. He got a email from a tv company.
"Hector was late to his football match. He sped up on his bike but still arrived forty-five minutes too late. The game had started without him. He sat on a bench for the remaining two hours. And mollified, he made sure to be on time for the next game."
Tom had problems with depression. He decided to drink one night. He went overboard and started calling people. He called some exes. It create a lot of problems in his life.
"Franklin went to the hospital. He ran into the operating room. He held his wife's hand and told her to push. She was in labor. An hour later, his baby was born."
Tom bought a new calendar. He put it up right away. After a few days he noticed something was off. Tom had bought next year's calendar. He held onto it until the right time.
Tom was walking home. It was a bit uphill and had recently rained. Tom slipped on a slick area and tumbled down. Tom tried to walk up again and kept slipping. Eventually he took a different route up.
I woke up early yesterday because I heard a dog barking. I went outside to look for the dog. I found him behind my neighbor's house. His collar was caught on the neighbor's fence. I untangled him from the fence and he ran away.
Tom worked hard on his costume. It was an obscure reference. He hoped people would get it. Unfortunately nobody ever did. Tom was disappointed and sad.
I hadn't washed laundry in almost 2 weeks. I hauled several hampers into the laundry room. I divided it all into about eight piles. I ended up washing clothes all day. I went to bed that night completely exhausted.
"Jon needed some food, as his cupboards were empty. John went to the grocery store. John was unsure about whether to get meats or cereals and fruit. John decided to get a little of both. John made himself an epic dinner that night!"
Jamie really wanted to get a frozen pizza. She wasn't sure what to do though since she didn't have a pan. Remembering something she read she realized she didn't need one. Jamie instead used her skillet to bake the pizza in the oven with. It came out delicious and perfect.
On Saturday my wife and son went to Primark. This is an Irish department store which opened in Boston. My son got a suit and a jacket. My wife bought three pairs of boots and a purse. She was so happy she decided to go there again this Saturday.
Tim hated his job. He wanted to get fired. Tim figured he could try and get unemployment. Tim was fired for good reasons. His unemployment was denied.
"Alice didn't want to see an action movie at the theater. So when her friends went to see one that night, she had a plan. They all went inside while she went to pee. And she bought a ticket for a romantic comedy instead. When she met them afterwards, they were none the wiser."
Tom usually did well in school. He rarely studied for class. He had a bit test coming up. Tom decided to study a bit. He got the highest grade in class.
Tom had a big party. There were tons of aluminum cans left over. Tom picked them all up. He took them to be recycled. Tom made a decent amount of money.
"Aya woke early one morning to surprise her husband with a hot meal. He began work at 6AM, so usually she was only awake to say goodbye. But this morning, she made him a big hot dish of scrambled eggs. Then she woke him and smiled as he dove in - until he grimaced. Aya had missed a large chunk of eggshell, and it had c...
Greg loves to drink coffee every morning. Unfortunately his coffee maker broke. He wasn't sure what to do until he saw the gas station by his house. He went to see what they have and found their coffee section. He now gets fresh coffee at the gas station every morning.
"After Ben turned in his exam, he was furious. He didn't do well although he studied a week in advance. When his sister tried talking to him, he didn't say anything. She asked him if he was okay. He continued to be quiet and walked away."
"Lars was driving his humvee in the desert of Iraq. He hit a bump in the road and heard a loud explosion. He was thrown from the car. He looked down at his legs to see if they were still there. He was in one piece, but scared out of his mind."
Someone asked me to help them with a paper. It was about autism. I knew it was because my son is autistic. I agreed to help. I changed my mind when I found out she just wanted me to do her work.
"Jim went hiking alone at the state park. He did not know there was a flash flood warning. Jim was trapped on a hilltop by the raging river. Fortunately, he had a cell phone that he used to call for help. Jim had to be rescued by a helicopter."
Tim loved Halloween. He moved into a nice neighborhood. He had never gone trick or treating before. Tim decided to try it out. He had great fun and got lots of candy.
Tom always had bad teeth. His parents couldn't afford braces when he was younger. When he was older he decided to get some. Tom was a bit embarrassed but figured it was worth it. Afterward he wasn't ashamed of his smile anymore.
"I tried out a new type of soap. This soap was supposed to make your hands clean for the whole day. I washed my hand with it and went to work. While at work, people were complaining about a smell. The smell was coming from my hands and I had to go home."
My friend Bob's daughter T came up to visit him last week. She lives in TN but used to live in Boston. Bob rented a car for T to get around. One day Bob was in the car when T cut off three people. Bob argued with T as he found she was not taking her bipolar meds.
Gill was walking his dog. He noticed his dog was walking funny. There was a swollen area on the dog's leg. Gill took the dog to the vet. The dog had a benign tumor.
"Mike was so excited he couldn't sleep. He'd just gotten tickets to the World Series! He loaded up his car and got ready to make the drive. When he arrived at the stadium, he quickly found his seat. He couldn't wait for the game to start!"
John just graduated high school. He was at a career fair trying to learn what career he wanted. A Navy recruiter approached John and asked him some questions. John was eventually convinced to come in for an actual interview. John was talked into joining the Navy and sent into war shortly after.
"We talked about our favorite cuisines with friends. It seemed like everyone preferred italian. One of our friends said mexican was all he would ever eat. I was very quiet, not telling anyone that I hated both cuisines. On the way home, I confessed to my husband, and he laughed."
"Kevin was watching tv. But he couldn't find a show that he liked. He continuously flipped through channels. And after 10 minutes of searching, he didn't give up. An hour later, Kevin was angry about how much time he wasted."
"I found a copy of Girl on a Train in a recycle bin. I put it up on Amazon and sold it immediately for $5. I listed it twice in error and got another sale. I did not have a second copy of the book. Although I lost money, I drop shipped the book."
Eric had a bad headache. He had taken medicine twice. He still had the headache. Eric finally took a nap. The headache went away.
"Suzanne was in the kitchen making breakfast. Her family was not awake yet. She spent a lot of time doing everything just right. Finally, breakfast was ready to be served. Her family woke up just in time and everyone enjoyed breakfast."
Tom and Tina moved in together. They tried to sleep together for the first time. Tom snored way louder than Tina expected. It kept her up all night. The next day Tina bought some ear plugs.
It was a big night for Jean. His solo was coming up and he was nervous. He had only been in the band for a little bit. The time for the solo came. He got up and and played it perfectly.
"Raimy wanted to buy a new car. One that he had seen in so many movies. So he saved money, but couldn't afford the car he wanted. So he got another slightly smaller slightly older car. He was happy with his choice."
"Anna was confined to a wheelchair after a car accident. Her dream had always been to run in the Olympics. But then her sister Sue raised her spirits up. Sue entered her into the Special Olympics and helped her train. Thanks to Sue's help, Anna came in second place - full of pride!"
Tom loved eating roasted chicken. Unfortunately he didn't have much time to cook. His girlfriend decided to surprise him. She cooked him some and took it to his work for lunch. Tom was ecstatic and gobbled it up.
Lynn was having a lot of trouble with her internet service. For weeks she kept having to call technical support off and on. After many technician visits they seem to of found the problem. It turned out that her roku was soaking up all the bandwidth. For now Lynn doesn't use the roku and just uses her other devices.
"I adopted a puppy in June. On my way home, I named him Jameson. I had to teach Jameson to use the bathroom outside. It took several weeks of training. He is now trained to use the bathroom outside."
Tim had an important appointment. It was an interview for a new job. He was incredibly nervous about it. The day of the interview Tim missed it completely. He had marked down the wrong day.
Tom was at starbucks trying to get a coffee. The service was pretty slow. By the time he got his drink it was already cool. Tom complained to the people working. They apologized and offered him a new drink.
Burt and all his friends were excited. They had all rented tubes to float down the river. It was a perfect day for being in the water. They all got on their floats and went down the river. They all had such a great time and agreed to do it again.
Tom was invited to a party. He wasn't sure about the address. He went to the neighborhood and looked for it. Tom eventually wound up at a party he found. It wasn't the one he was looking for but he had fun.
My son had always wanted a pet. I found two cats that needed a new home. We decided to bring them home. My son feeds them every morning. Being a pet owner makes him happy.
John was a very simple man. He only liked regular things including his coffee. He always ordered black coffee when he went to the diner. One day the pretty waitress convinced him to try a cappuccino. John really liked it and ordered it all the time after that.
I wanted a new Christmas tree. We bought a thirteen foot tree from craigslist. We set it up in our very high ceilinged living room. We covered it in all the kids' old ornaments. When we were done we realized we needed to buy more to cover it.
"We rode up to the hotel we were staying at. It was said to be haunted. A doctor had killed many patients there. We felt ill at ease, but stayed anyway. We were happy we didn't see any ghosts during our stay."
"I was outside relaxing in my backyard. I began to sneeze a lot. I was sneezing due to the flowers blooming in my backyard. Fortunately, I knew a way to get rid of the flowers. I sold them all to the flower store."
Tom wanted to take a vacation. He had saved money. He researched plane ticket prices. He looked every day for the lowest prices. He found a great deal and took the best vacation of his life.
I started a new diet last week. I was not supposed to have dairy. But when I drank a hot chocolate I had to spit it out. I did not realize it had dairy in it. I realized going dairy free was going to be harder than I thought.
Hank was a middle aged man who was dissatisfied with life. He quit his job and decided to form a band. He played guitar everyday for years and eventually became very good. His band got a record label and made plans for a tour. They decided to market toward older men and the plan worked very well.
"Paul decided to try out for the school musical. He couldn't really sing, but danced fairly well. Paul was surprised when he was cast as one of the leads. He worked very hard and the play was a success. Paul even won an award at the drama banquet."
Matt grew up snowboarding. He wanted to live in a place that he could snowboard often. He moved to Colorado. He was looking for a job. Matt found a job where he could teach others to snowboard.
Helen's one year old son named Gene is a very picky eater. Gene used to love eating all the time but now he hardly eats. Helen has tried so many different ways to get him to eat more. Finally after many attempts she got Gene to eat some dried fruit. Gene loved the fruit so much he started to eat other things too.
Tara was very much into fashion. She wanted to accessorize. She went shopping. She found a necklace she liked. She bought it.
Chris was fascinated by foreign cultures. He wanted to learn a new language. He learned about many different languages. He decided to pick a language based on his love for the country. He decided to learn Japanese.
"John was an avid skateboarder. One day his buddies were making challenges. John was challenged to do a trick with the board on some steps. John tried the trick, falling flat on his face. His buddies laughed loudly, saying they got the fall on video!"
Emma was born with her umbilical cord around her neck. She wasn't breathing. The doctors had to resuscitate her. I watched helplessly from the bed. Her cry was the most wonderful sound that I would ever hear.
"Susan loved to work crossword puzzles. She bought books of them and carried one everywhere. One day at lunch a coworker asked her about the puzzle she was doing. The coworker loved to work crosswords, too! Susan and the coworker became good friends."
"I was walking outside one day. I passed a watermelon stand. A man was selling watermelons for 100 dollars each. At first, I laughed at how expensive they were. When I tasted how sweet they were, I bought five of them."
Amber was a big fan of a musical group. She always wanted to meet them. She bought a ticket to one of their concerts. She got backstage to meet them. She didn't like them after meeting them.
Allie wanted to get some candy. But she was not sure if it would be too sweet. So she took a bite. It was far too sweet. She could no longer eat it anymore.
"Casey was riding her bike home from school. She wasn't paying attention when she went over a rock. Her bike careened out of control and she began to fall. Finally her bike crashed into a parked car on the road. She was hurt but not too badly, so she continued on home."
"According to Keith, climate change isn't real. He believes that it's been made up by hippies. When shown scientific evidence, he would dismiss it as propaganda. This stemmed from a group of his right wing friends. It's believed that they work for the oil companies."
Tim hated romance movies. His girlfriend really liked them. Tim was forced to watch one with her. He kept complaining and whining throughout. Eventually his girlfriend stopped the movie and kicked him out.
"As I ran out the door, my pocket got caught on the knob. I heard a loud rip. I turned and opened the door quickly. It was far too late. The pocket had ripped almost completely off my skirt."
Tim was visiting friends. He parked in a bad neighborhood. When he went back to his car it was missing. Tom called the cops and filed a report. Unfortunately the car was never found.
Tom bought a new gun. It was cheap at the pawn shop. When he tried to fire it Tom noticed something wrong. It would keep jamming due to bent parts. Tom spent hours trying to fix it.
"I decided to make homemade hot fudge and caramel. I put the chocolate in a tub when it was done. I put a container of cream in the crockpot. When I took it out, it was caramel. The kids were shocked that it was so simple to make."
Kevin was at the grocery store. He was shopping for something to cook for dinner. Kevin wasn't sure what to get. He saw that ground beef was on sale. Kevin decided to get the ground beef for burgers.
The batteries in Manny's clock had gone out. He didn't realize the batteries were dead. Manny had an appointment. He was going by the time on the clock. Manny was late for his appointment.
Janice had a flower bush near her house. The flowers on the bush were really beautiful. Her groundskeeper cut down the bush. Janice was furious. She fired the groundskeeper.
Tim was watching television at home at night. All of a sudden lightning hit nearby. It surged throughout Tim's house. Tim noticed smoke coming out of the television. It had burned out its circuits.
Sam wanted to make this one white bean soup really bad. The problem was that he didn't have all the ingredients. After looking in his fridge he found some good ones. He put all the ingredients he thought would work instead. After hours of cooking the soup it came out amazing.
"Nina needed blood tests done. They were just routine, but she was nervous. She had never had her blood taken before. The nurse was kind, though, and held her hand. Nina looked away, and the blood draw was over before she knew it!"
"I bought all the new flavors of pop tarts for the kids. They begged for the strangest flavors. I agreed, but restricted them to one package per day. They decided they liked the root beer the best. My husband and I wrinkled our noses just thinking about it."
"I got a job at a small safari. I rented a house on the property. I cared for a baby lion for a couple of months inside my home. After he got too big, we fully integrated him with the other lions. Someday I plan to return to visit my little lion."
We got a box in the mail. It contained collectibles from horror movies. We found chop sticks that looked like Krueger's hand. We also had a chainsaw massacre shirt. We were very excited to open the box.
Terry wanted to watch the football game. He checked his channels. Terry wasn't able to watch the game on his television. Terry went to the local bar. He watched the game there.
"Steve has a quiz tomorrow. He knew he should study. Instead of studying, he decided to go out. When he got to class, he did not know anything on the quiz. Steve failed his quiz."
Scientists had always believed dinosaurs died out before man existed. Doc Brewer was heading up a dig where many dinosaur bones were found. One of his research students got really excited about a discovery. A human footprint was found in the same rock layer as a dinosaur's. Scientists still believe dinosaurs died out b...
"When I was three years old, I only wanted a My Pretty Pony. It was to be the first that would trigger the My Little Pony line. My parents let me open that gift first. I ran away playing with it. I refused to open any of my other gifts."
The ride was exhilarating. I screamed loudly with every turn. My son gripped my arm for dear life. My husband and daughter just laughed at us. We all had a great time on the rollercoaster.
"Nina type the last word with anticipation. As soon as she was done, she jumped up and down. She went to the cupboard to find a flute of champagne. She opened the bottle of sparkling wine she had bought. And drank to the success of her first finished novel."
Eddie was at a bar with his friends. He had been drinking a lot. Eddie was completely drunk. Eddie was unable to drive home. His friends called a cab for Eddie.
One time a friend came over to teach me guitar. He was putting his arm around me as he helped me hold the strings. He kept being very touchy but I did learn something cool. Before he left he hugged me and nearly kissed me. I was grossed out so I didn't talk to him a lot after that.
My favorite sport is basketball and I love the Bulls. I watch every game and I was hoping that they would be good. Just last week the Bulls traded their best player to another team. What's worse is that they didn't get anyone good in return. I'll probably stop watching basketball all together now.
Jon needed clothes for an interview. He went to the nearby mall. He found some clothes he liked. He bought them. He spent 100 on it.
Vince was bringing his plate to the table. He tripped over his dog. Vince dropped his plate. Food spilled all over the floor. Vince had to clean up the mess.
"Mia ordered a drink at the bar. As she was alone, a man came to sit next to her right away. She ignored him. But he kept jabbing away. The man only left when Mia's boyfriend arrived."
Alex had a pet bird. The bird squawked a lot at night. Alex covered the cage with a blanket. The bird squawked more. Alex gave the bird away.
Susy had a garden out in the back of her house. She decided to take a walk in it one day. But in it she saw a deer. Susy stayed silent. The deer looked at her for awhile and then looked away.
It was finally the day of the big game. Heather and her friends were going to tailgate. They had all their food and drinks planned out. They got to their spot and started tailgating. They had a great time before the game and were hoping for a win.
"Neil heard of a special town one day from a book. He was so curious about it, but couldn't find it. His parents told him it was a fake town but he didn't believe them. He went to England where it was supposed to be and searched. He never found it though, but found another town to his liking."
"I tried to make cheese by myself. I followed all the instructions, but kept messing up. Somehow it always turned out a huge mess. I finally gave up. Everyone tried to eat the gooey mess that tasted slightly like cheese."
"Gerard came to work in his underwear that morning. He didn't realize until his secretary told him. Embarrassed, he went back home to change. But he couldn't find his house again. He was surprised when the doctor later said he was losing his memory."