1.

Terrance knew that sometimes it was simply best to stay out of

it. He kept repeating this to himself as he watched the scene
unfold. He knew that nothing good would come of him getting
involved. It was far better for him to stay on the sidelines
and observe. He kept yelling this to himself inside his head as
he walked over to the couple and punched the man in the face.

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3.

There was no time. He ran out of the door without half the
stuff he needed for work, but it didn't matter. He was late and
if he didn't make this meeting on time, someone's life may be
in danger.

4.

5.

He watched as the young man tried to impress everyone in the

room with his intelligence. There was no doubt that he was
smart. The fact that he was more intelligent than anyone else
in the room could have been easily deduced, but nobody was
really paying any attention due to the fact that it was also
obvious that the young man only cared about his intelligence.

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7.

It all started with the computer. Had he known what was to

follow, he would have never logged on that day. But the truth
was there was no way to know what was about to happen. So Dave
pressed the start button, the computer booted up, the screen
came alive, and everything Dave knew to be true no longer was.

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9.
There once lived an old man and an old woman who were peasants
and had to work hard to earn their daily bread. The old man
used to go to fix fences and do other odd jobs for the farmers
around, and while he was gone the old woman, his wife, did the
work of the house and worked in their own little plot of land.

10.

11.

Nobody really understood Kevin. It wasn't that he was super

strange or difficult. It was more that there wasn't enough
there that anyone wanted to take the time to understand him.
This was a shame as Kevin had many of the answers to the
important questions most people who knew him had. It was even
more of a shame that they'd refuse to listen even if Kevin
offered to give them the answers. So, Kevin remained silent,
misunderstood, and kept those important answers to life to
himself.

12.

13.

Green vines attached to the trunk of the tree had wound

themselves toward the top of the canopy. Ants used the vine as
their private highway, avoiding all the creases and crags of
the bark, to freely move at top speed from top to bottom or
bottom to top depending on their current chore. At least this
was the way it was supposed to be. Something had damaged the
vine overnight halfway up the tree leaving a gap in the once
pristine ant highway.

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15.

The bowl was filled with fruit. It seemed to be an

overabundance of strawberries, but it also included
blueberries, raspberries, grapes, and banana slices. This was
the meal Sarah had every morning to start her day since she
could remember. Why she decided to add chocolate as an option
today was still a bit of a surprise, but she had been in the
process of deciding she wanted to change her routine. This was
a baby step to begin that start.

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17.

A two-inch layer of freshly fallen snow covered the yard.

Stacey peeked outside. To most, it would have been a beautiful
sight worthy of taking a photo to put on Instagram. For Stacey,
it meant something different. The first snow of the year
brought back the witches as the fairies in the yard had to seek
shelter to avoid the cold.

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19.

Mary had to make a decision and she knew that whatever decision
she made, it would upset someone. It seemed like such a silly
reason for people to get upset but she knew the minute that she
began to consider doing it that there was no way everyone in
her life would be pleased with what she ultimately decided to
do. It was simply a question of who she would rather displease
most. While this had always been her parents, and especially
her mom, in the past that she tried to keep from upsetting, she
decided that this time the person she was going to please the
most with her decision was herself.

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