Stories tagged with "poverty"
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Threats

She looked Koth in the eye, forcing the words to penetrate. “For the few who do become adepts, there is a code to uphold, whi…
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A Little Bit of Child's Love

I woke up this morning completely grumpy and mad for absolutely no apparent reason. As I was walking to work, a child came up…
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Woe Is Me
woe is me, i just found out that i’m probly not going 2 b accepted in2 st. padre pio’s college prep. i’ll just hav 2 go 2 the…
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Wine With Dinner

She was more valuable than she knew. She could reach the little blossoms on the bottom that the grown-ups would leave. She fo…
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Do You Want To Know A Secret
He hadn’t slept in days. Ideas didn’t sleep; why should he? As it was, new ideas and concepts were flowing into his mind like…
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Third World Innocence
Five year old Kaleb started sadly at the small bowl of rice that had just been handed to him for lunch. He carried the bowl b…
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And Then He Breathed

And then, he breathed. And with that breath, the world came into focus. He could see the mindless killings and blinded wars. ...
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news

“Who is this please?”
Silence….
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Arabian Sundown

“The day is done,” breathed Kashim to the horse. “And so are we. Let us walk.”
Majar was a tired steed whose steps were sure…
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Leaving Hooverville

New York seemed like a fantasy – a kingdom of skyscrapers, peasants and kings, and impossible to get to. With no car, no hors…
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