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FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM ANNOUNCEMENT :
"Story I 4B" |
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When you believe your life can’t be any better than this, in a second you may find yourself with empty hands and a bitter taste in your mouth. Believe me. One day we found out that my lovely daughter Jane had a serious illness. The cure existed. Money was the problem. Jane was my most precious treasure and I would have given anything to save her. An afternoon like many others, I was at the usual bar pondering about what to do, waiting for somebody. The man arrived. He approacher nearer, ordered a glass of something without looking at me. After sipping slowly a bit of his wine, he turned to me and whispered something. ( Eleonora Stramacci) “We have the money to save your daughterâ€. Those words made me my blood ran cold...I asked for another glass of wine. The man came up to me once again and said : “But there is a problemâ€. I was afraid. I asked him about what the problem was about, but he replied to me that it was not the right place to talk about it. Suddenly a car stopped in front of the bar...Niccolò B. "Do you accept?" the man said taking the last sip of wine. I knew that accepting was wrong, but love for my daughter was too great. I accepted. I took the last sip of wine too. The man stood up and told me to follow him. I paid the bill and got up to follow the stranger. We got out of the bar and went to the parked car. We sat on the back seats. A man with black glasses was driving, he didn't say a word. All the way there was silence, nobody said anything. The car windows were darkened, I couldn't see where we were going. I was scared and nervous. I was wondering whether that was the right decision. The car stopped. The man next to me told me to get off. I did it. I opened the door, got out of the car and what I saw was... (Eleonora S.) |
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ELEANORA S.
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