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    with my brother’s jack-knife, I had cut me a long limber horse.” In the girl’s imagination, she uses her brother’s knife to cut her a long limber horse; however, with the use of vehicle, it shows that in reality the girl is cutting a branch off the willow tree. Her brother is one of the memories from her past, and by imagining, she remembers him. “Except a few leaves for the tail, and cinched my brother’s belt around his head for a rein” the male horse replaces the brother and by constantly using her

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    You awaken to the sound of waves upon a shore, and with your mouth full of sand. Coughing, you blink a few times to adjust your eyes to your bright, new surroundings. You see a sparkling beach edging a gentle, clear sea, and farther in, a thick forest. Glancing down the shore, the sand continues endlessly in a way that makes it hard to tell whether this is an island or the mainland. There is no boat in sight, and so you decide to head into the forest to find some sort of civilization. As soon

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    Willow Island

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    On April 27, 1978 in Willow Island West Virginia, there was a failure that occurred that had killed 51 construction workers. At a height of 166 feet a lift was hoisting concrete to continue the expansion of the Allegheny Power System Power Plant, where it started to collapse. During the collapse of the crane, the concrete began to unmold and the concrete pummeled the wooden scaffold that held the 51 construction workers that soon fell to their death (Lew). This incident had left a devastating effect

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    paced the border of her property, three times she has gone around, I had been counting. I am curious to know how many more revolutions she will make in the next hour. She has yet to notice my presence under a thick layer of underbrush underneath a willow tree, strangled in buckthorn. The medieval looking weed crawls all the way up the trunk, suffocating each of its branches. Similar to how my foster mother has been treating me. Here, I hide out, escaping her grasps as long as I can. The women is

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    The Life Of A Sheep Eater

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    The Life of a Sheep Eater I woke suddenly as the cool morning air bit at my face, telling me it was nearly morning and another day had begun. I am seventeen today which means that today will be the day I ask Alma’s parents if they’ll allow us to have a courtship. That was the only thing on my mind when I heard my father calling me, knowing we needed to eat before we left on a hunt. “Little Wolf, hurry and get out here, we need to get our supplies together before we leave!” my father shouted from

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    They are in Postman’s Park. I’m under the willow tree on the south side. They are growing suspicious and keep turning back. Remember where you buried it. It will soon be important.” Puzzled, Tilly and I gave each other a confused look. She mentioned while walking out the door, “Well aren 't you

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    My Passion For Science

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    My passion for science and plants began early in my childhood and has grown substantially to that which energizes me to chase after higher goals. I used to obsessively search for information on wild plants that were edible and had medicinal properties. Now, I find that I am continually amazed by research on the photosynthetic pathway along with biochemistry within plants in general. I was, and still am, enthralled by the idea that so much knowledge and novelty is within the organisms that I had appreciated

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    Aspirin: Pain Relief

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    Aspirin is a widely known medicine used by various people for pain relief. Pain relief is the typical use for aspirin. The aspirin also features has anti-inflammatory properties that can help with several ailments. It also has other properties that can help with other ailments. The US Food and Drug Administration website says that aspirin can be beneficial to populations with cardiovascular disease. When populations use aspirin on the daily, it could lower the chances of a heart attack and other

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    Evergreen Willows

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    In this case we are presented with Evergreen Willows which is a new convalescent home. Before management decision for staff rotation, everything was running good and everybody was happy in their position and doing their job. When rotation took placed staff and patient satisfaction rate dropped and people started to resign and leave Evergreen. Description Evergreen Willows is a new convalescent home and started operation for several months. The building has one floor divided into two wings, A and

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    Daniel Knife Narrative

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    friend, Daniel Knife committed suicide. I didn’t realize it at first, but I kept getting this weird feeling ever since they died. Everything was different. The next morning I felt the need to go see her grave again. When I arrived there, a weeping willow tree had grown on her grave with my wife's name carved in it. I heard voices around me whispering “Cole, Cole, Cole….” It sounded just like my wife, Sami. I turned to leave but then saw something out of the corner of my eye. As I looked back I saw

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