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Shakespeare shaking spears

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Will Shakespeare was shaking a bunch of spears backstage. His friend Richard saw him and yelled, “Stop that! The show is about to start!” But Will wouldn’t stop. He was shaking the spears harder and harder. “They need to understand my name!” he shouted. Suddenly, the rope holding the spears together broke. The spears flew … Read more

Good poem and bad analysis

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The Soldier BY RUPERT BROOKE If I should die, think only this of me:       That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be       In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,       Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to … Read more

Random Story

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The Game That Knew Steve brought over a new video game, “Shadow Realms,” he’d found at a garage sale. The case was blank except for the title. When they started it up, the pixelated characters on the screen looked strangely familiar. “That one kind of looks like you,” Tank laughed, pointing. As they played, the … Read more

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The Clock That Went Backwards They were hiding from Tank’s little sister in his basement when Steve bumped into an old grandfather clock, covered by a dusty sheet. “I’ve never seen this thing work,” Tank said, pulling the sheet off. The clock was beautiful, with constellations carved into its dark wood. But the hands were … Read more

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The Map in the Storm Drain After a huge rainstorm, Steve and Tank were biking through the neighborhood when they saw that the grate over the main storm drain had been knocked sideways. “Look,” Tank said, pointing into the dark hole. Something was glinting down there. Steve, being smaller, shimmied down and came back up … Read more