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I used to deliver fliers everyday in the hot sun. My water bottle always ended up really hot. When I put ice in it, the ice melted. I decided to buy a special thermos that kept the cold in. Now I always had cold water when I was in the hot sun. |
Richard felt very unhappy in his life. He decided he needed to find a new hobby. He asked his friends for suggestions on a hobby. He decided to try fishing. After going fishing, Richard realized it made him much happier. |
Melissa wanted to update her wardrobe. She found a really classic suit. She bought it and wore it the next day. Dressing professionally made Melissa feel great. She strutted down the street in her new suit. |
John plays lots of video games with his friends. There are times where John gets very angry. This anger causes a lot of issues with his friends. John doesn't even care. This causes John to lose lots of good friends. |
Burt left his car windows down one sunny day in New Jersey. The weather changed and soon it started to downpour. Burt ran to his car and rolled up his windows during the storm. The inside was not very wet yet. Burt sighed in relief and vowed to never be so foolish again. |
Tom's computer started slowing down. He tried a few software fixed but nothing worked. Tom decided to buy more ram. He got what he needed online at a cheap price. He replaced it himself easily. |
Trey wanted to make a sweet snack for his family. He found a box of banana bread mix in the cupboard. He mixed it up and poured it into muffin cups. Then he bakes up fresh banana-walnut muffins. Trey's family was impressed by his baking prowess! |
I walked inside my sister's filthy house. She complained that no one ever helped her clean. I offered to help her clean. She got upset with me for offering to help clean. I left her standing in her own mess and drove home. |
Tavor Trevor liked flowers. He dreamed of one day owning his own shop. He saved up the money and got his affairs in order. Only to have the stock markets crash again. Now Tavor sells beer in a supermarket. |
Jim played sports in his lucky jeans. They were lucky because Jim always won in them. He wore them for the big game. Jim scored the highest out of everyone! It was all because of his lucky jeans! |
Ben had some free time to himself. He began to use his time well by cleaning his kitchen. He picked up some chocolate chips that were left out. He would throw them away but the trash was full. Ben placed the chips in his pocket for now and the began to melt. |
I was driving and noticed a man with a flat tire. I stopped and he told me he doesn't know how to change a tire. I taught him how and we changed it together. He was very thankful and gave me five bucks. It felt good to help someone in need. |
Matt was at the Miami Heat game. The Heat were losing by 10 with two minutes left. Matt left the arena to get a jump on traffic. He checked his phone and saw the game was going into overtime. He tried to get back in the arena, but the doors were locked. |
Nikki's mother was very ill. She couldn't hold a job anymore. She lost her house. Nikki invited her mother to live with her. Her mother happily accepted. |
Jenny and her parents were always very close. She loved them dearly but always felt a little unattached. She was cleaning her mother's house one day and found some old papers. One of the papers was about an adoption of a girl named Beth. Jenny confronted her parents and learned she was adopted at birth. |
Mary's car was sliding in the snow. She took it to a garage for assessment. The mechanic said she needed snow tires, with better grip. Mary agreed to get the tires. She was happy to make her car safer in the snow! |
Miranda was in her kitchen looking for breakfast. She noticed something foul smelling in the sink. When she checked she found a cup full of old milk. Cleaning it wouldn't work and she had to soak it in hot water. Luckily the cup eventually became fully cleaned. |
Last week I picked my sister up from the Louisville airport. We had planned a reunion with our cousin and were very excited. On the way to lunch, we traveled through lots of construction. The roads were horrible, but I realized something else was wrong. When I stopped, I realized my tire was completely flat! |
I decided to move out of my parent's house. I only had a few thousand dollars. I rented an apartment. After many months I realized I didn't have enough money. I was forced to move back in with my parents. |
Sara was hired for a new job. Her new job was several states away. Sarah was nervous about leaving her friends and family behind. She made new friends. Sara loves her new home. |
Greg tried hard to take care of me. I fought him at every turn. I didn't trust him and knew I couldn't. He gave me food, a roof over my head, and structure. I ran away on my 17th birthday. |
The baby in seat 21C started crying. The cry turned into a scream. The scream turned into a piercing scream. John, in seat 20B, minded his own business with earplugs in his ears. The baby calmed down only halfway through the long flight. |
Sam went to visit his uncle. Nobody answered when he knocked. He got worried and broke in. He found his uncle on the sofa. He had passed away earlier that day. |
Sharon felt she was the fastest and the best housekeeper at the hotel. She challenged the other housekeepers to a clean off of sorts. Whoever had the least amount of corrections at the end of the week won. All the women cleaned to their best ability that week. Because Pam had just started working that day, she won the contest. |
Bruce and was on a third date with a girl he really liked. He had taken her to his friend's Christmas party. He didn't even notice the mistletoe hanging in the doorway. But his date did. They had their first kiss under the mistletoe that night. |
There was once a little daisy. The little daisy loved the sun. One day it got very cloudy. The flower was sad. Later the sun returned and the little daisy was happy again! |
I bought a new bathroom mat. My son needed it for his bathtub. We looked at ones in all kinds of characters. We chose one with Skylanders as the theme. We put it in his bathroom floor, where it looked perfect. |
I was staying with my grandparents for a weekend. They told me to finish getting dressed so we could leave. I refused to put my pants on so she put me in the car with no pants. I was beginning to fear I would have to walk around in my underwear. Right before we left they gave them to me and I learned my lesson. |
Jimmy heard a mean comment that was directed towards him. He stood up from his seat in anger and asked who said the joke. Tommy lied and blamed me for saying the joke. Therefore, Jimmy approached me. Before he got extremely close, I called the teacher to handle him. |
Ed rushed to his locker between classes to get some homework. He turned the combination lock but it wouldn't open. As he was about to give up his friend Seth walked up. Seth asked him why he was trying to get into his locker. It was then Ed realized he was trying the wrong lock! |
Corrin had terrible bellyaches. She loved eating greasy cheeseburgers and corn dogs. She took her mom's advice, and got some veggies and fruit. Soon enough, her bellyaches quit and she was regular. She never touched another greasy burger again. |
Jane went out swimming in the ocean one day. She swam a little too far and climbed on a rock to rest. She noticed sharks swimming in the water around her and got scared. She shouted for help from the people on the beach. Steve jumped in his boat and rescued Jane from the rock. |
Jerry worked in a salt mine. He would lug his materials to work every morning. Jerry stopped to pick up a small shiny rock outside the mine. When he turned it over it shined like gold. Jerry ran to sell the nugget but it was pyrite, not gold. |
Tina was out for a walk in the street. All of the sudden it started to rain. Tina got caught in the rain. She didn't have an umbrella. She got soaked. |
Levi debated whether or not to venture into the woods. He had heard reports of a clown trying to lure children. He walked in anyway to see what was in there. He heard a honking noise and jumped and ran away. It was just his friend honking a bicycle horn. |
It had been too long since Norma had made any art. She had once considered herself an artist first before anything else. Over the years life had piled on additional responsibilities. This was taking a toll on her psyche as she felt like she was lost. She vowed to make time to express herself through art again. |
Brooks hating walking up the stairs every day. He knew it was good exercise but it annoyed him. One day, he stopped walking up the stairs. He grew fat and could not do a lot of stuff. Then, he began exercising to lose weight again. |
Isabella thinks she's the prettiest girl because she got a flipper. She entered every beauty contest and always won. In one pageant, her flipper broke and she had to perform without it. The judges deducted points and she didn't place in this one. Isabella deduced she was not the prettiest girl without her flipper. |
Bobby mom told him there would be peacocks at the petting zoo. He had never seen one before but he had heard about them. He couldn't wait to see one with its tail open. At last he spotted one but it had a short stubby tail. His mom laughed, telling him he was looking at a turkey. |
I was really hungry. I checked the fridge and found pizza. The pizza box said it belonged to Mike. I ate it anyways. Now, Mike is angry. |
Every summer Sally goes on vacation. This summer she decided to visit colorado. She went to the mountains and went hiking. When she got there it started raining. Sally had to go home and come back the next day. |
Ramon was used to finding rats in his basement. But when he found a whole family that took the cake. It didn't feel right to kill a whole family. So instead of calling the exterminator, he built them a small house. A month later they had doubled in size and took over. |
Lucy sat at the police station. She'd been lost and a kind stranger brought her here. She sat with puffy swollen tear stained eyes waiting on her grandpa. An officer gave her a soda while she waited. She was so happy to see grandpa when he arrived, she knocked it over. |
Bill decided to go skiing when he saw all the snow outside. He loaded up his ski equipment and drove to the mountains. Bill was skiing down his first hill when he hit a tree. Rescue personnel had to carry him down the hill on a gurney. After a three day hospital stay Bill decided to never ski again. |
The pizza delivery had to make a lot of deliveries tonight. He loaded up his car with 10 boxes of pizza. As he got to his first house he realized he forgot the drinks. He raced back to grab them. He was able to make all the deliveries on time even with the delay. |
Mike was digging up his yard to plant a garden. His shovel went into the earth then suddenly stopped. He dug around the obstruction to see it. It was a human skull. He tossed the skull far away and kept digging. |
Bob wanted to take his daughter out for ice cream. They got in their car and drove to Dairy Queen. Bob ordered 2 chocolate sundaes. He paid with cash and left the restaurant. He forgot spoons so they had to wait until they got home to eat. |
Tom loved watching movies. He bought a new projector to see them on a bigger screen. Unfortunately he wasn't able to control lighting that well. Tom realized he needed new curtains and a screen. He wound up spending a lot of money on his hobby. |
Marianne was flying for the first time. So when it was time to run to get her connecting flight, she got lost. She asked around to find her way. But when she arrived at the right counter, it was too late. She had missed her plane and had to wait for another one. |
Alvin and his family lived in Oklahoma. The television said a tornado was coming. They decided to go to Grandma's house. All of the family went into the cellar at Grandma's house. The tornado hit, but they were safe because of the cellar. |
The hallway was well lit with overhead lights. At the end of it sat the old copy machine. The edges of the floor stained with dark dust from many old copies. Picking up the top lid made a loose rattle sound. Pressing the copy button the machine groaned to life. |
Daniel met a pretty girl named Sarah. He decided to talk to her. They talked for hours and hours. Daniel and Sarah both began to like each other. Daniel was glad that he made a new friend. |
Tommy was the only guy that was in the house. Walter had lost his wallet. So he accused Tommy of stealing. However, Walter later found his wallet. So he apologized to Tommy for the accusation. |
Kim dreaded having to go to school. She felt sick and had to take an exam that day. Her mom stopped her as she was about to leave for school. Her mom told her that school was canceled due to the snowstorm. Kim was elated and spent the rest of her day watching movies. |
A lot of things were supposed to happen today at my house. I was expecting our bed to be delivered. The run down shed was supposed to be removed at my landlord's expense. My husband and I agreed that I should stay home to take care of these. Not surprisingly, no one ever showed up. |
For Kona's 16th birthday, he asked for a trip to his home state. His parents had emigrated from Maui, Hawaii, when Kona was only two. He wanted to see the waves and white sands again. His parents sent him to Maui to stay with his grandparents. During his stay, Kona had the best time of his entire life! |
Yesterday my wife had a hankering for cheese steak subs. My son had recommended a place about fifteen minutes away. One was their offerings was a Philly style cheese steak sub. I ordered the subs and she picked them up. The subs were very close to those served in Philly. |
Luke was Greek and proud of his heritage. When he turned 18 he took a trip to his native land. He visited lots of ruins and snapped tons of photos. When he got home he hung them all on his fridge. Luke loved to show them off to his friends! |
Melody had been given a gift card for her birthday. She could not decide if she should use it or sell it for cash. She really did not need the gift card for anything. She decided to hold on to the card. Later, she used the gift card to buy a gift for someone else. |
Kevin went to the local kite festival. He thought the kites were pretty, but he quickly grew bored. He took some scissors, and cut the strings of several airborne kites. He laughed heartily as the kites sailed into oblivion. Kevin was escorted out of the park by the festival security guards. |
Nate and Jerry are planning a garage sale for Saturday morning. Nate plans to sell off his old baseball card collection. He and Jerry have spent the afternoon searching Ebay for it's value. Unfortunately Nate doesn't have any of the really rare cards. Jerry convinces Nate that his cards are not worth selling. |
John wanted to know how dogs could find electronic devices. He set up a test to measure the chemicals off-gassed by plastic. John used a sensitive device that could detect odors. He found plastic devices gave off a certain chemical as they decayed. John published his research in an esteemed science journal. |
Harry really liked Cho. He wanted to ask her to the Yule Dance. One day he managed to nervously ask her to it. She said she had already been asked by another boy. He went with another girl. |
Shep had dreams of being hollywood movie star. After hundreds of rejected auditions he finally received a call back. He thought this could be his big break. He was wrong. He was just the guy waving in the new Chevy car commercial. |
Gina had to pay library fines before she could check out a book. After paying them she went to retrieve the book she wanted to read. The book wasn't on the shelf. The book had been checked out by another person. Gina would have to wait up to a month for the book to be returned. |
Juan was ready for the date. He was nervous, but excited. Julia felt the same way. They both went out to dinner at a very nice restaurant. They talked all night and both thought it was the start of something. |
Polly was very ill with the flu. She stayed in bed all day with the sniffles. Her mother made her Campbell soup for lunch. Her mother even read bedtime stories to Polly. Polly got much better thanks to her mother. |
John had his day off. John wanted to go to the beach. He got on his car and drove to the beach. John swam in the water. John had a good day. |
Phil had seen an ad in the paper about the submarine. They were offering rides for 50 dollars. It was too good to pass up for Phil. He simply had to go on a submarine ride. Once onboard it was everything he thought it would be and more. |
Marco always loves to order delivery food so he won't have to cook. He notices that this habit is becoming increasingly expensive. Marco goes to the grocery store to buy some meat and hamburger buns. He cooks a delicious burger at home. Marco decides he will stop ordering delivery food so much. |
Greg's mom was worried about him. She kept calling him up and he wouldn't pick up. She called the cops. They found him. He was just wasted. |
Justin always wanted to move away from home. He got his opportunity after he graduated college. He started an internship 1250 miles away from his hometown. He missed his family and friends. He moved back home when the internship was over. |
I convinced my little brother Joe that a ghost lived in our house. I told Joe that the ghost hides in his closet. One night I sneaked into Joe's closet just before his bedtime. After Joe turned out the light I made noises from within the closet. Joe began to cry out for our parents so I darted out of the room. |
Alex loved his new computer. He would play on it everyday. One day his computer crashed and wouldn't turn on anymore. Alex became suicidal. One day his father fixed his computer and Alex was no longer suicidal! |
Steph turned on his car radio. Several stations played the same song. This irritated him. He decided to punch the radio. It completely broke. |
My son has a fish. It was swimming in its tank. He took the fish out of the tank. He put it a small container. He cleaned the tank. |
I never understood the need for expensive dishes. Dishes are going to get eaten off of. There is no point paying more than you have to. My wife told me otherwise. My wife and I eventually bought expensive dishes. |
There was a man who scavenged the streets in search for lost change. He came across a rare quarter that was worth 50 cents. He made a note of this gain for tax purposes later on in the year. This quarter made the 50th dollar he found that year. The man figured at that rate he'll have $60 by December. |
Bob was watching TV when suddenly the power went out. He realized he hadn't paid his electric bill. Since he was broke he called and tried to work out a deal. Unfortunately the company couldn't work with him at all. Bob had to wait days before he had the money to turn his power on. |
Mary got her first big case as a prosecutor. She was trying a man who was accused of illegal dog fighting. The night before, she was so nervous that she didn't get any sleep. She worried that her lack of sleep would cause her to lose the case. The next day at the trial, she pulled it together and won. |
Tim's home alarm kept going off at night. Any minor movement would set it off. Tim tried to change it but it didn't work. He had to call the alarm company to fix it. They replaced it with something similar. |
Little James was terrified of octopuses. He liked sea animals in general, but the octopus terrified him. His mother, resolved to fix this, took him to an aquarium. An octopus drifted right in front of him, and James froze. But as he looked, he became fascinated and lost all fear. |
Angela was in gymnastics. She tried very hard to perform on the balance beam. Unfortunately, she fell off. She landed safely, but was very embarrassed. She vowed to practice harder in the future. |
Charles broke his leg three weeks ago. His wife thought he was too cranky and she wanted a break. She called Charles' mother and convinced her to come over. Charles' wife said she was leaving and his mother could take over. Charles sent his mother packing the following morning. |
The man cleaned his ear. His ear still felt clogged. He went to the doctor. The doctor cleaned the man's ear. The man felt better. |
Candy was starving but running out of food. She scavenged through the fridge but didn't find much. In the pantry she mostly only had condiments and stuff. Then she spotted an old box of cereal. It was old but she was so hungry she ate it anyway. |
Eric's grandfather died. His greedy aunt threw away all of his grandfather's things. She only kept the money. So Eric dug through the trash filled with his grandfather's things. Eric then found a trinket to remember his grandfather by. |
Sue loved to make spaghetti. She also like to create new sauces. She found a new recipe and bought all the ingredients. She followed the recipe and served it to her family. They all loved the new sauce. |
Steven liked watching game shows. He never missed his favorite quiz program. He hoped to one day compete on it. Steven sent in an application to be on the program. He never heard back. |
Dennis was a very mischievous student. He got in a lot of trouble every day. One day, the teacher had had enough! She sent him to the principal's office. He sat there the rest of the day as punishment. |
Tucker has always been lazy when it comes to chores. He now lives alone after a great 18 years living with his parents. In his college dorm, he would cook food but rarely ever do the dishes. After being gone for the weekend, his roommate returns to a smell. Tucker was scolded by his roommate for the dirty dishes in the sink. |
Cindy wanted to make her grandmother's cobbler. She could not find the recipe anywhere. She dug through all her mom's books. She asked her aunt. She finally found it and was able to make the cobbler. |
Madi was hanging out with her little sister while mom took a shower. Madi glanced over to the table and noticed a pair of scissors. Then she looked at her sister's hair and saw how long it was getting. Madi grabbed the scissors and cut her sister's hair to her jawline. When mom got downstairs, she was sad to see sister's first haircut. |
Mike Kulick was a jock at his local high school. Mike was the quarterback of his high school football team. During a big game Mike was passed the ball by his teammate. As the ball landed in Mike's hands he fumbled and dropped the ball. Mikes fumble cost his high school football team the game. |
Jeremy bought the new black sabbath album He sat in his room and turned off the lights He lit candles to set a mood He listened to the album the whole way through He loved it |
Amanda wrote an action/adventure play. She asked all of her friends to help her produce it. They built sets for all the different scenes. They practiced their lines. On opening night the play was a great success making Amanda happy. |
Cornelia had always been jealous of her friends who were artists. She works as an accountant, but she wishes she were an artist. One day she decides to take a painting class. She practices painting diligently every day for her class. Now Cornelia is proud to call herself an artist too. |
Amber made breakfast for her kids. They both wanted something different. She decided to make what she wanted. Neither of them liked it. They went to school hungry. |
Mary likes to read. She bought three new books last week. Today she finished the last one. She doesn't have any more money to buy more books. She decides to start downloading them for free. |
Michael was a fifteen year old boy with a big imagination. He always put his mind to work creating new stories to tell. He always dreamed of building a three story treehouse. Michael put all of his thoughts on paper to build it. Michael finally built the treehouse of his dreams. |
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