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The locust By Sallie Castile “I’ve got a plan for this roach” Crunch! The size three shoes came down vigorously. “Another one bites the dust,” exclaimed young Jake as he grounded the last of the locust into the scorching soil. His sister Jane had been too late to stop him “Why do you do that, you nasty boy? It was not doing you any harm. It’s about time you learned to have some respect for other living creatures” Jane was not the excitable type, but she really hated to see animals that are treated ba...
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The Girl from The Snow By Sallie Castile It was quiet on the moor, secretively quiet, as though the thick layer of snow was hugging every sound down into the earth. Birds were hovering over the leafless, skeleton branches of the trees, but no birds sang. The silence did not bother me you see. I like quiet, I like to get away from people, I am a loner and people don't understand this they don't understand me but I wish they did, I haven’t any friends or a boyfriend and everyone keeps on at me to go out and do something about it, “leave your b...
This is the first time I have written a story I will try and write more in the future I hope you enjoy this story
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