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"Attention class, your final grade is to do an oral presentation about a significant person in history. It's due tomorrow!!" Forgetting about it, I fall asleep, waking up the next morning in panic. "I gotta come up with an outline today before class." As I walked to my history class at The University of Texas, a man in a black trench coat was following me. I noticed this a while back, but thought it was just a coincidence and he would eventually turn elsewhere. But then I noticed where I would turn, he would too, losing hope that this was a coincidence. Strangely, I could hear the man running and he bumped into me. Appalled, I looked down to see that he dropped a silver ticket that gleamed into my eyes. Compellingly, I picked up this …show more content…

Coming to realization that nothing worked, I took a look around to find out where I was. I saw big city lights and billboard signs everywhere. I then noticed the construction of the empire state building. I was in Harlem, New York in the 1920's liked I wished for!! I couldn't believe that the ticket actually worked. Walking around, I saw a huge crowd around this building. I looked up and saw that the building was the one and only Cotton Club. Walking in, I stared in awe on how everything looked so beautiful. Suddenly, I was bumped by a man. This man was wearing the exact same outfit like the man at the University of Texas, but this time I didn't let him get away. I tapped him on his shoulder and long and behold it was Duke Ellington. He turned to me and looked disgusted. "What chu got on boy! That ain't the style round here!" Ashamed, I looked down and noticed that I still had on modern clothes. "Let me take you to the back and give you some real clothes." As we walked to the back, I see many people dancing like the floor was on fire. The trumpets and the saxophones were blazing as loud as a gun shot. Once we arrived to the back, Duke told me: "Pick whatever you like. I got to go up on stage and play this piano. I'm late!!" Trying to blend in, I wore a black top hat with a black suit. Leaving my modern clothes behind. Once I entered the dance floor, Duke Enllington said; " I met a very strange young man I would like yawl to meet."

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