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Kia's husband bought her a racy nightie. Kia was surprised, since they were a conservative couple. But then she decided to give it a try. She wore it to bed and felt very beautiful. Kia decided the gift was wonderful after all!
Kim's parents had friends over. They were drinking and playing domino. Kim thought it looked complicated. She thought surely only the smartest people could play domino. Kim thought it looked like the coolest game ever.
Bob was a homosexual. He was scared to tell his parents. His parents were homophobic. Bob mustered up the courage and told his parents. His parents accepted him for who he is and continued to love him.
Neil was exploring the desert countries. He loved Arab culture! He flew into Kuwait and rode camels. Then he observed the local markets and shows. He left Kuwait with a hunger for even more Arab culture!
Howie is delivering a pizza. While on the road he runs over something. He gets out to see what he hit. He had hit a large piece of glass. Howie was late delivering the pizza due to his car trouble.
Tom saw posters for a lost dog. One day he noticed it in his yard. He tried to call it over. Eventually he enticed it with some food. Tom called the owners to get it.
Kim had not had her period in a month. She started getting worried. She decided to take a pregnancy test. It came out negative. Kim was relieved by the results.
I was walking down by the tracks the other day. There were a lot of pretty trees down by the tracks. I saw a few trains roll by. I had a great time outdoors that day. I can't wait to do that again.
Gregory had never taken a train in his life. So when he was on his first train, he was surprised how fast it went. He looked outside the window and everything was a blur. When he climbed down, he was very satisfied. He decided to do all his travel by train from now on.
Stan went with his class to the zoo. He saw some kids teasing a monkey. Stan told them to stop it. The kids turned and started teasing Stan. Stan looked at the monkey and felt sad for both of them.
Mike needed clothes for his history presentation. He went into the store looking for a purple shirt. Mike only saw one purple shirt that he really wanted. He tried the shirt on in the dressing room. The shirt was three sizes too small.
I was angry and frustrated. I jumped up and ran into another room. I tried to calm down. I reached for my phone. I played soothing music to feel better.
May was a new mother. It was her first night home from the hospital. When sleepy she put the baby to sleep and laid down herself. 4 hours later the baby was crying. May stumbled in and fed the baby still half asleep herself.
Rocky finally got the pool he had always wanted in his backyard. Rocky invited many friends over for his first pool party. As the party progressed, it grew louder and more unruly. Several of Rocky's neighbors called the police to complain. Rocky's first pool party was soon shut down by the police.
Kelly was driving to work one morning. She saw a turtle trying to cross the road. None of the cars ahead of her were stopping for it. Kelly pulled over and helped the turtle cross the road. She drove away with plenty of time to get to work.
My band instructor was extremely furious today. The group of brass instrument players were off sync. They repeated the song several times and did worse every attempt. He ended up dismissing the other instrument players. In addition, he made the brass players learn a new song.
Andrea worked as an accountant. She had been recently hired by a large firm. She was blamed for another employee's mistake, her being new. Andrea always kept very fastidious records of her work. She was able to prove that she was not to blame, and received a bonus.
Sara has been training for her city's marathon for months. Two days before the marathon, a cold weather warning was announced. But Sara decided to train outside anyway. Sara became sick. And she never got to run in the marathon.
Josie and Steve were walking down the sidewalk. Josie asked Steve where he wanted to go. Steve thought the end sounded nice. Josie and Steve began to search for the sidewalks end. Josie and Steve are still walking down that sidewalk.
When I was younger I competed in a baseball game for fun. I didn't think I was very good at it but I did fairly well. Everyone else was also impressed by my play! They kept inviting me to play every weekend after that. One weekend I decided I didn't really enjoy it, so I stopped going.
My friends and I scared my brother today. We went to the costume store to buy scary outfits. When we came home, we put them on and waited. When my brother came home, we jumped out and scared him. He was so mad, he beat us all up.
Jody kept a pet deer in her barn. The deer kept growing bigger and bigger. Jody knew she would have to let it free. She took the deer into the woods and let it go. Suddenly she heard a shot and the deer fell to the ground.
Tom was driving home at night. It was dark and had been raining. Tom was going by a mountain road. There was a sudden mudslide. Tom was swept off the road and killed.
Jane's mother gave her $20 to play at the carnival. First, Jane tried the merry-go-round, but it was too slow. Next, Jane tried the roller coaster, but it scared her too much. Jane was worried she wouldn't find anything fun to do. But Jane finally tried the pirate ship, and she enjoyed the carnival.
Mary let her cat out one night after constant meowing. The cat ran off into the darkness. Mary wondered what the cat would bring home tonight. She collected a pail and shovel to clean up the inevitable. Two hours later the cat was back with a big rat to lay at Mary's feet.
Matt collected acorns. He had a few hundred in his room. His mother wanted him to get rid of them. One day he saw a hungry squirrel. Matt happily gave all of his acorns to the hungry squirrel.
Lana worked as an administrative assistant. One day she opened a file cabinet drawer, only to find a scorpion. She slammed the drawer shut, but she felt faint and nervous. Lana sat down and put her head between her knees, and recovered. Afterwards, she insisted to her boss that they hire an exterminator.
Cathy is an avid tennis fan. Cathy loved watching her favorite player, Serena. Cathy was excited to learn that Serena was playing a match near her. Cathy decided to purchase tickets to Serena's tennis match. Cathy could not wait to see Serena's match live in action.
Sam got a new skateboard for Christmas. He wanted to test it out by going to his local skate park. Sam tried to learn how to grind on his skateboard. He fell down many times. Sam eventually was able to grind a rail after practicing for a week.
Ray wanted to be a doctor. He studied very hard in college. Then he applied to medical school. He was accepted! Ray was on his way to being a doctor!
Ali went eat at a restaurant with Donny. They sat at the table waiting for the waitress for half an hour. Ali and Donny's waitress never came to their table. They walked out of the restaurant. Ali and Donny told all of their friends about the horrible service.
Sam and Ann went to the concert. They thought that they would really enjoy listening to the band live. It was absolutely the loudest concert they had ever been to. It was even loud up at the very top of the stadium. They were so glad that they had put their earplugs in for the show.
Kelsi got a new kitten the other day. Kelsi loved this kitten. Unfortunately the kitten ended up lost. Kelsi looked everywhere for the kitten. Finally she found the kitten in a tree.
Ryan hiked to school in the snow. It snowed so much recess was cancelled. The school closed early because there was too much snow. Ryan took the bus back home. Ryan played in the snow all night.
Elliot loves the cold. Sadly, he lives in Hawaii. After graduating high school he moved to Alaska. He was so happy in the cold. Elliott plans to stay in Alaska forever.
John was looking for his new doctor building. He put the address on his GPS. The GPS had trouble finding the address. John called the doctor's office for directions. The secretary told John how to get to the office.
Austin divided his room with his sister with a line of tape. Everything on his side belonged to him. Then he realized he had to use the bathroom. He regretted that the door to the bathroom was on his sister's side. Austin relented and tore down the tape.
Susie was supposed to go to the vineyard. She had a six o'clock ferry ride ticket. It was six thirty. But her ferry still was not there. She ended up not getting there until nine at night.
Ed wanted to be a pilot. But at flight school, he did flight simulations. They made him nauseous! It turned out flight wasn't for Ed. He decided to choose a new career!
Rick loved to work on cars. His brother bought an old junker one day and asked Rick to fix it up. He rebuilt the transmission and got it running great. His brother was so impressed that he bought a garage. He made Rick an equal partner and it was a real success.
Corinne wanted the perfect dress for her first date. She borrowed an expensive dress from her friend Leanne. During dinner, she was mortified to find a small wine stain. She confessed to her friend, but Leanne said it had always been there. She apologized for not telling Corinne about it beforehand.
Jerry loves to eat food from other nations. One day, one of his friends recommended sushi. Jerry found someone selling sushi on the street and ate it. He got very sick and had to be rushed to the hospital. The doctor warned Jerry to never eat sushi again.
Laura heard a small crying noise, and searched until she found it. Three tiny kittens sat shivering under a bush. Their mother was nowhere in sight. Laura tucked the kittens into her sweater and took them inside. The kittens were fed, and safe, and warm, and Laura was happy.
Lilly was walking into her house when her foot went through the porch. Lilly called a repairman who told her the porch was rotted. He then gave Lilly an estimate to replace the porch. Lilly saved the money and hired the repair man. A few days latter Lily was standing on her new porch.
Amber loved lots of books. She was really excited that her favorite book was being made a movie. She waited for months to see it. When it opened she went with her best friend. She was disappointed that it was a terrible movie.
My friend Jeremy called the other day. He asked me to fly out to California for a visit. He let me know that there was an exciting show going on. When I hung up the phone, I was so excited I couldn't stand it. I immediately called my friend Jacob and invited him along.
Missy and her husband were having a sailing day. Their boat was out at sea rushing through waves. Suddenly their boat hit some sort of rock. They began taking on water as the boat slowly sank. They climbed into a life raft and luckily help came quickly.
Taryn was out for a walk. She was trying to reduce her carbon footprint. She started walking instead of driving. Soon, she realized that she didn't need her car anymore. She sold it to her neighbor and started walking everywhere.
Maria forgot to take her water container to work today. She had a meeting between several officials. It lasted 2-3 hours. Since Maria had nothing to drink, she felt exhausted. She passed out during the meeting.
I just got home after running and walking for several miles. I was very hot and thirsty. When I finally got to drink a glass of milk, it tasted amazing. And it felt good to cool off and relax. I hope to go running again in order to experience this again.
Tim was home alone. Someone knocked on the door. Tim wasn't expecting company. It was a friend just randomly stopping by. Tim appreciated it but asked them not to do that.
Ricard loves Amy. Sadly, Amy never pays attention to him. Ricard keep sending flower and chocolate every valentine. Five years straight, he keep doing it. Ricard successfully married Amy last year.
I wanted to learn guitar. So, I decided to take music lessons. My teacher was very skilled and very nice. Alas, he was not a good teacher. I fired him and hired a better teacher.
Darrel was sleeping peacefully. He had worked for 12 hours and was exhausted! He felt something wet and sticky on his face. His dog had missed him while he was at work. The dog wouldn't stop giving him kisses!
Dave wanted to dunk on his basketball hoop. He got his ladder out and lowered the hoop. Dave hopped off the ladder and got a ball. He took a running start and jumped with the ball. Dave dunked so hard the hoop fell off.
Lisa was making coffee before going to work. But she realized she wouldn't have enough time. So she left her house right away. But when she came back, she realized her stove was still on. So she bought a smoke alarm just in case it happens again.
Jana was having a bad month. She didn't have enough money to pay her rent. She called her brother to see if he could help with the rent. He told Jana that he barely had enough money to pay his rent. He suggested that they move in together to save money.
Kelly was only four years old. She took a bite of an apple one day. When she took a bite she noticed that her tooth was in it. She was both happy and scared at the same time. She went and told her parents.
Barry came home from work. His mom noticed the new tattoo on her arm. Before saying anything, she took out her belt. She began to hit Barry on the head. He immediately ran away to avoid being hit.
Anna missed her parents very often. Anna played songs on the piano they used to play for her. The piano in her home stayed with her as she got old. Her kids played it eventually, and continued after she died too. The piano was passed on to their children eventually as well.
Susie was brushing her teeth. She noticed a funny taste in her mouth. She had accidentally used hair gel instead of toothpaste. She spit out the hair gel in her mouth. Afterwards, she rinsed her mouth with some warm water.
Taylor met someone he really liked at a party. After the party, he had sexual intercourse with them without a condom. Some days later, Taylor wasn't feeling well at all. His doctor diagnosed him as having HIV. Taylor was profoundly devastated.
Charles was in the sixth grade. That morning his mother gave him a bad haircut. But his girlfriend, Melinda, still wanted him. On the bus going to camp, they kissed. The kids around cheered as Charles and Melinda's tongues twirled.
Tom was using a lot of data. He liked listening to music and watching videos. He ran out before the month ended. The rest of his internet experience was throttled. Tom eventually gave in and bought more data.
Todd was excited about being on his junior high basketball team. He went to all of the practices. He paid attention to what the coach said. Unfortunately, the coach put Todd on the bench for most of the games. Todd eventually dropped from the team, mad that he never got to play.
After class was dismissed, Gary decided to go to the book sale. He noticed several book shelves with different books. One of the seller's introduced him to a new release. He wanted to look more into it and ended up buying it. We came out of the sale with several novels.
My co-worker and I worked at a truck stop. Our jobs were pumping truck fuel. It started thundering and lightning. My co-worker went outside to fuel the truck. As he touched the pump, lightning struck leaving his arm numb.
Kate found her favorite bottled water on sale. She bought every bottle they had. Then she realized another store may have some in stock. She considered going to another store to check. She was pleased with herself for coming up with such a great idea.
Tony couldn't imagine life without his cellphone. He could spend an entire day watching his news feed and emails. One afternoon he forgot his cellphone was in his top shirt pocket. Bending over to pick up his pants, his cellphone fell in the toilet. His day was ruined and he couldn't afford a new cell phone.
The engineer at the power plant watched the monitors intently. A system failure was taking place in sector 7. Fixing the failure meant shutting down everything. He never got to do something so influential. As he shut down the plant, he thought that's how God felt.
Ben knew he ate too much candy. He decided to lower his intake. He gradually ate less candy every day. After a few weeks he went several days with none at all. In a few months he was hardly ever eating candy!
Jim and his family lived on a farm. One day Jim sees a huge dark cloud coming towards him. He notices it's a tornado. He and his family go into the shelter. They wait in the shelter as the tornado passes.
Ethan was turning 27 that morning. He was just planning on having a normal day. He got off work and drove home. He opened the door of his apartment and all his friends jumped out. He had a good birthday,
Pat and Lindsay's Jack and Jill party was coming up. They decided to ask friends and family to help out with ideas. Raffle baskets and games were decided on. A total of 12 people helped to sell tickets to their Jack and Jill. They made a lot of money with the help of family and friends.
Janice wanted a pet. She went to the local animal shelter. She saw many cute dogs. She found a dog that she really liked. She took the dog home and loved the dog.
Tom was playing kickball with friends. He accidentally kicked over the wrong fence. It went into a neighbor's yard. Tom was forced to get it by his friends. The neighbor was annoyed.
Mindy was a full time babysitter who loved her job. She was highly recommended and everyone loved her work and price. When the Milton's hired her they were shocked when they got home early. They found her with a boy in their living room and she was also drunk. Mindy was fired and no one wanted to hire her after that day.
Jessie was punished. She wasn't allowed to leave the house. She wanted to go to the movies with her friends. Jessie sneaked out of the house. Her mother caught her returning and she was grounded for longer.
Today I cleaned out the cat's litter box. I am disabled from a stroke and have use of only one hand. It was hard to balance so I could scoop out the dirty litter. I finished the job but it a lot out of me. I walked down the hall and emptied the dirty litter, pleased.
Summer was coming to an end and Abby wanted to do something fun. She hadn't seen some of her friends in a while so she threw a party. Abby decided on a pool party in her backyard. All of Abby's school friends showed up and they had fun swimming. Then they had BBQ and talked about their summers before going home.
Today Pedro got to work late. As he was running into the building, his boss stopped him. He asked Pedro if he can meet him in his office. Pedro lets out a deep sigh and heads to his boss's office. In the office, Pedro's boss fired him for being late.
The man was shopping. He found a great sweater. He tried it on and it was way too big. He bought it and tried to shrink it. It ended up much smaller than he intended!
At midnight on Maple Street a man was murdered. His body was found in the middle of the street. The police searched for the murderer. Finally they figured out who it was. They arrested the murdered.
Like many people, I order photo Christmas cards each year. Unlike many, I do not use photos of family or pets. I am a transit buff, so I feature photos of subway cars and trolleys. I used to work for a transit system, and compiled a lot of photos. My family and friends now expect a transit Christmas card each year.
A pair of Sandhill cranes appeared outside in the front lawn. An older man and woman admired the beauty of the birds. They discussed the birds all morning. The couple likened their relationship to the two birds. Once the birds flew away, the couple went inside and took a nap.
I went to the casino with my friend. I had never played blackjack before, but she encouraged me. I sat and played for a little while. By the end I managed to win $40. I don't gamble often, but that was a fun experienced.
Nick was driving to his home when he saw a kitten on the road. He stopped the car so he wouldn't hit the kitten. Nick decided to pick the kitten up. He brought the kitten to his home. The kitten is now Nick's new pet.
Tom was playing monopoly. He kept lagging behind. After a while he started stealing money and cheating. Tom caught up and eventually won. Nobody found out he was cheating.
The shot clock ran out of time. However, Jimmy continued to make a shot. The referee told him that his shot didn't count. He became furious and threw the ball on the ground. As a result, he received a technical foul.
Emily was excited because she had just turned eighteen. This made her eligible to vote for the first time. She carefully studied each candidate. She made sure that she had gotten registered on time. When election day came Emily voted for who she thought was best.
The two archaeologists became excited when their shovel hit something. The carefully brushed away the dirt. A white statue of a woman was revealed. It rained in the arid desert where they had their dig. The statue melted away, leaving only a pile of salt.
Fred asked Tricia on a date yesterday to an Italian restaurant. Tricia said yes and the two went off to eat some pizza. When it came time for the bill, Fred was about to pay. But Tricia said she wanted to pay for herself. Fred was impressed and Tricia simply smiled.
Lucy was driving on the highway. There was a lot of traffic. She wondered why there was a lot of traffic. Then she found out there was an accident. Lucy felt terrible.
Erica wanted to help her mom this Thanksgiving. She wanted to make chicken pot pie for her family. She bought all the ingredients at the store. When she came home she remembered her oven wasn't working. She was able to bake her chicken pot pie at her neighbor's house.
Kevin was nervous to go on a date with Rita. He took extra time to get ready. Finally he went out the door. Luckily when he saw Rita, his nerves calmed. They ended up having a great time.
Dawn was pulled over leaving a concert in a neighboring state. Her friend had marijuana in the car, but he did not claim it! Poor Dawn was thus charged, since it was in her car. She was arrested and had to spend the night in jail. The next morning, luckily, her dad bailed her out.
Amy was happy her first class in junior high was all new kids. She introduced herself to the girl seated next to her. She was even more nervous than Amy was. The girls talked and bonded over their love of books. They decided to meet up after school to go to the mall.
James graduated from the university a year ago. But his girlfriend Jenny was still a student. James went to campus to visit the library and bank. While leaving the library, he saw Jenny holding a man's hand. James called her on her cell right away and she lied.
Sarah drove around town one Saturday to get out of the house. She came upon an ice cream store that had recently opened. She decided to stop in and check it out. She ordered two flavors, raspberry and cherry swirl. She ate the ice cream and drove home.
Tom's phone fell out of his pocket. His screen shattered on the floor. Tom couldn't afford to get a new phone. He found a cheap replacement screen online. He replaced it himself with a youtube video.