the dog

The dog A Child was standing on a street-corner. He leaned with one shoulder against a high board-fence and swayed the other to and fro, the while kicking carelessly at the gravel. Sunshine beat upon the cobbles, and a lazy summer wind raised yellow dust which trailed in clouds down the avenue. Clattering trucks moved with indistinctness through it. The child stood dreamily gazing. After a time, a little dark-brown dog came trotting with an intent air down the sidewalk. A short rope was dragging from his neck. Occasionally he trod upon the end of it and stumbled. He stopped opposite the child, and the two regarded each other. The dog hesitated for a moment, but presently he made some little advances with his tail. The child put out his hand and called him. In an apologetic manner the dog came close, and the two had an interchange of friendly pattings and waggles. The dog became more enthusiastic with each moment of the interview, until with his gleeful caperings he threatened to overturn the child. Whereupon the child lifted his hand and struck the dog a blow upon the head. This thing seemed to overpower and astonish the little dark-brown dog, and wounded him to the heart. He sank down in despair at the child's feet. When the blow was repeated, together with an admonition in childish sentences, he turned over upon his back, and held his paws in a peculiar manner. At

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The Urban Story

The Urban Case It was dark at midnight and it was dead silent. No cars were on road or driving through the city. It was foggy and the air was really moist, couldn't see anything around. There was nothing but a drunkard fast asleep on the wooden floor of the dock bridge. He seemed to be an old fellow but he was at peace. Suddenly four massive shadowy figures approached the dock bridge. "Get rid of him," whispered one of the massive figures. Two of the shadowy men took hold of the drunkard's arms and feet and threw him in the deep waters of the Salt Lake seas. "Can't have any witnesses," whispered out the same man. "Can't we just pull the lever and bust this joint?" asked the last of the massive figures that apparently had a high pitched but raspy voice. "Let's just wait, after all we are ahead of schedule," replied the first massive figure. Koeb Arenas the III, last member of a royal

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christmas capers

Josie Nemeth 9E/9RR Christmas Capers Christmas day, is a day which is famously renowned for hysterical events happening or for inappropriate circumstances. This year, unsurprisingly, was not dissimilar. Unfortunately. As usual, the family were round. I hated most of them and I don't see why the other half even bother to come. There's my Grandpa 'Drop Off', so named because he's always asleep. Then there's Grandma 'Finicky' who fusses about everything, and I mean everything! But today was my Auntie's turn. This year my mum decided to let my Auntie cook the Christmas dinner. What a mistake!! The thing you should know about my Auntie is that she is clumsy, very clumsy. She must deserve an award or medal by now, surely. Also, I tell you this with a warning!! Never trust her to do anything. Wherever she is, and whenever something will go wrong. You can bet on it! My Auntie, bless her, does try her best and she is really caring on the inside. She has long guilded blonde, lustrous hair cascading down her slender shoulders and dazzling aquamarine eyes. She is also scarily thin even though she could eat for Britain! My Auntie Cathy was in the steamy kitchen trying to make sure everything was ready, 'Nearly ready' she yelled. Well I bet, if I look at everyone's faces, I can tell you what they are thinking, 'Where's the back up food'. All you could hear was the clattering as she

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Comparing two Cd's

The presentation of two black solo artists CD covers Nelly produced 2 CD's called Sweat and Suit. He then made the combination of the two using both CD covers to make one. On the Sweat Cd he portrays himself as a cool gangster. He's wearing a white beeney hat and a white vest, giving him the image of a sexy, muscular and strong man. The shades and jewellery is giving us an idea that maybe he is an expensive person and loves his money. Also he comes across as if you ever put him on an auction block he wouldn't be sold because he is priceless. The clouds behind him give him the impression that maybe his music does have much of a meaning to him, or it could be implying that during the day he is more of a chilled and relaxed sort of person. Unlike the Sweat CD the Suit backdrop seems to be of a street, which could be implying that maybe his music is more down to earth, and has a lot of meaning, and maybe this is when he gets in his zone and feels the happiest. I also get this impression from his clothes. He is looks more sophisticated, important and in control of everything, just because he is wearing a smart but casual black suit. He still keeps the bling and the hat though as though image is still one of the moist important things to him. These two images of him give us the idea that he might have a split personality, depending on who is around. The neon Nelly attracts your

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Educating Rita - What has Rita lost and gained during the process of being educated

What has Rita lost and gained in the process of being educated? Explore the ways Russell makes this clear to his audience. Throughout Rita's journey of becoming an educated woman, she has lost and gained many things all to create the dream of herself. Throughout the play she aspired to become an intelligent, educated young woman and her tutor Frank is there to help her reach her goals, but Rita attempts to give Frank something in return and makes him believe that he is a good teacher as he helped her to gain an education. She also tries to help him with his addiction to alcohol. Throughout the play her gain and loss is shown in many different ways, for example, Conflict, The setting, Beginning and Ending and her vocal register. Rita has gained and lost many new components of her life throughout the play, she has gained an educated lifestyle by the end of the play, this is shown in both her speech and clothing. At the beginning of the play, we imagine that she has attempts to dress smartly and tries to talk formally but whilst her language develops as the end of the play approaches and she starts to speak in a formal English manner discussing literature confidently we start to assume her appearance has improved and she dresses more formally. At the beginning of the play we start with a gain and loss for Rita, this is when she enters the room gaining the confidence to start

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a life in the day of frank lampard

A day in the life of Frank Lampard The Chelsea and England footballer, 27, lives in Chelsea with his Spanish fiancée, Elen, also 27, their baby daughter, Luna, and their French mastiff, Daphne "The alarm on my mobile is set for 8, but with the baby I'm often already awake. At the moment we've got a maternity nurse helping Elen, but once she goes, I'm sure things will get a lot earlier, a lot more hectic. Right now I've got about three-quarters of an hour before I leave for training. I don't bother showering. I just freshen up, stick on jeans and trainers, let the dog out and get her food. Daphne's a French mastiff - like the one in that movie Turner & Hooch. She slobbers a bit, but she's got a beautiful face. Breakfast is usually a mug of strong English-breakfast tea and a bowl of Coco Pops. If I get bored, the Frosties come out. But I always go back to Coco Pops - I've been having them since I was a kid. We get The Sun, Mirror and Daily Mail delivered, so I usually have a quick flick through and then set off in the car - a blue Aston Martin - for the training ground in Cobham. I'll turn on the radio or listen to music. I like U2 and Coldplay, but James Blunt's single You're Beautiful has really stuck in my head of late. Being in the middle of a season, the sessions aren't too heavy. There are days when it's harder to motivate yourself - you're tired or

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Gothic Story

The Darkness The advancing darkness overwhelmed his senses and the fear of the night crept upon him. Distant screams beyond the unavoidable forest seemed to draw him towards the tall trees ahead. He fearfully entered the overpowering forest, after a few footsteps in, the trees surrounded him at every angle and there was no escape. The journey had to continue, there was no turning back now. The scattered leaves and twigs crunched below his feet as he advanced further into the colossal forest, his nose was conquered by the dominant scent of burning wood and mud. The whispering footsteps of wild beastly animals seemed to be following his every motion, then the sudden roaring wind threw him off balance and he plummeted to the ground with a colossal thud. He rose to his feet immediately and a distance ahead of him he could see the moon light fighting through the dense trees. He proceeded in the direction in which he was originally travelling in. After a while of walking he became aware that the night was at its peak and nothing but death could be heard. He fearfully darted as rapid as he could and now the opening of the forest was near, he cleared the last of the trees, and he was now out of the mighty forest. In front of him stood an isolated castle, he sceptically approached the mammoth cast iron gates that towered far above him. The gates had huge rusted chains securing

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Northanger Abbey Characters

Catherine Moorland Going to London Catherine Moorland was a transfer student from a small country school called Westbury High. She was now going to a boarding school in London because her parents were moving to New York. However, she was very lucky that her parents had a very good friend, Mrs Allen, she was also going to London, and they agreed that Mrs Allen, Mr Allen and Catherine would go together a month beforehand so that she could get used to living in the big city. Catherine was eager for her new adventure in a huge city she had never been to before. She marvelled of all the wonders that could happen in a big dangerous city reminding her to pack all her favourite books. Catherine was an unbelievable dreamer due to all the novels she read, The Mysteries of Udolpho being one of her favourite, thus eager for her turn in one of her extraordinary dreams. When they finally arrived in London in was dark and so therefore they had no time to view the city and there was no way that Mrs Allen would allow either herself or Catherine to not be seen in the height of fashion. So that night they unpacked and had an early night. The next day was very busy for Catherine but it was only one of Mrs Allen's favourite pastimes. They arrived back at the house with at least seven new outfits each, Catherine exhausted and Mrs Allen in her prime, shopping seemed to fuel her happiness,

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Signal Man

Charles Dickens was born on the 7th of February 1812. He is most noted for his novels such as Oliver Twist, a Christmas Carol and Great Expectations. Dickens also wrote short stories. Dickens father was in debtor's prison, so Charles had to leave school at the age of 12 to work at a blacking factory to save money to get his father out of prison. Charles Dickens was one of the first novelists to write about the poor, as of his background. Dickens was also involved on a train crash in 1865, which bares significance to one of his short stories the Signalman. The story of the Signalman begins with the narrator out for walk in the countryside and he spots a lonely signalman; he then goes down to chat to him. The narrator gets the impression that the Signalman is disturbed by something. The next night, the Signalman tells his story about seeing a ghostly figure near the tunnel, and whilst the narrator is with the signalman the ghost appears. The ghost seems to be warning him about an accident but the Signalman doesn't understand. At the end of the story the Signalman gets hit by a train and dies. Charles Dickens tries to create a spooky atmosphere in the story he begins by describing the setting. Dickens does this by suggesting danger by using phrases such as "Vague Vibration in the earth and air" and "When such vapour rose to my height from this rapid train..." This adds to the

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The monkeys paw - review.

The monkeys paw The key paw is a supernatural story it was written in 1902 by W.W Jacobs. The story is about a monkeys paw from India it gave its owner 3 wishes but also bad luck W.W Jacobs use a range of techniques to build up suspense and crate a tense atmosphere. The story is set in the living room of the white family home ' but in the little living room of number 12 castle road it was nice and warm '. The setting is good for the story because the whether 'yes it's a bad night Herbere answered ' .the atmosphere out side was dark and gloomy. The whites visitor is very interesting because he had bin to India and he had very interesting story's 'Morris told some interesting story's '. When Mr. white mentions the paw to Morris, Morris face goes white ' the old soldiers face goes white '. It makes the reader think that the monkeys paw is dangers and scary. Morris tells s them that the paw gives 3 whishes but it gives you bad luck 'my wife and son died in an accident in the car'. The fakir put a spell on the paw to teach us that it is not good to make changes. The sergeant majors face went whit and his voice went quietly ' but in the end he said quietly '. Morris will not let them have the paw but will let them take it. Tom gives Mr. white a several warnings to try to stop him ' but remember this monkeys paw brings unhappiness '. It gets the reader thinking what is

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