Stories tagged “gifts”
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The Strange Gift of Adam Fisher
Adam Fisher had an unusual gift. He first knew it when he built a cathode ray tube out of his sister’s Power Wheels Jeep when he was 7 or 8. He was asked to leave the school’s latchkey program when he assembled a crime lab out of the classr...
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The Gift
“I made it just for you.” She held out a small brown package to me, her eyes bright with anticipation. “Should I open it now?” She nodded eagerly. Tenderly I pulled the piece of string that held the package together. The bow came loose, and I p...
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Envy (Challenge)
Sara is a public speaker. John is really smart. Lisa has a pretty smile. Tom makes perfect art. Jordan can play soccer. Marie can really blow. Kyle can make an igloo out of twigs, canvas, and snow. Why can’t I do things like that? Why can’...
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On That Faithful Day
My mother and father were at the table eating breakfast, my father looked at me as I sat by the Christmas tree. He requested that I go and wake my siblings up for breakfast; it was not what I wanted to actually being doing on Christmas day, but it seem...
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The Gifts....
I live on planet Newton. It is in the future we use to live on Earth. Well their is a gas on planet Newton that gives you a power or as people call it a “gift”. My little sister got floating. My big brother got laser fission (he cooks dinne...
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The Gifts....2
I heard a loud crackly bad voice from my big sisters room. She has the best gift but she could never use it. She could memorize any songs lyrics! She doesn’t realize how lucky she is! All I have is levitation. What could you possibly use levitati...
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Un-Merry Christmas
“Hi, honey,” he yells into the house. He peeks into the kitchen, expecting to see dinner waiting. Dark. His brow furrows in confusion. “Honey?” He walks back into the living room, searching. Then he feels searing pain and black...
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Revealed
After I ordered some cheesy tots and a coke I sat down where my coach bag was to enjoy my meal. Suddenly, I saw something colorful sticking out of my bag. It was tulips, and roses and inside them was a gift box. I opened it to reveal the Ralph Lauren p...
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Christmas Gifts (Wishful Thinking)
Socks, Sea anenome soft, Bought For Christmas Wrapped In a BIG box With a BIG bow The size of a bungalow! Just so I can throw Them off the trail Of how small this sentimental Purchase is that I will mail. Ahh, how I miss this Snowy day Of gifts With ...
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Dogged
I should’ve made dinner shirtless. Now my only “nice” shirt has some serious pit stains and is splattered with marinara to boot. Claudia is going to be here soon. Why am I nervous? Maybe I love her. Shit. As I’m slicing the bre...
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Taken: Memories of Absence
In a way that memory was definitive of all the time I spent at my father’s house. More than anything else, I remembered the lengths and breadths of his absences, often punctuated with strange gifts that I invariably lost or gave away. One such gi...