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Write about someone who always comes to the aid of others.

Posted in Teens on Oct 26, 2022

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“Pop” by Marc Spohn

Submitted to Contest #48

Pop wasn't a lovable guy. He didn't want to be lovable. He wanted to do something better for his kids. He wanted them to have something better than he had, and he did that in the only way he knew how. He was brought up to understand and respect his parents, and to do what they expected of him. In this way he brought joy into their lives and he brought success into his own. He felt no particular joy or happiness himself in doing this. He just knew he was expected to do the things he was expected to do, and he did them. I guess he felt a so...

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“The Savior of The Poor” by Elisabeth Montoya

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I always thought of myself as the good guy. I helped those in need, those who couldn’t survive in the deep economic pit this city has fallen in. When the money was gone, the violence started. I just wanted to help. I knew the police were corrupt, that they would target the poor and the homeless for “dirtying the city’s appearance”. It didn’t matter that almost 50% of us were now moneyless and near starving. There were activist groups, of course. They mostly just pitied us, though, made us sound like we were dirty, sad animals near death, li...

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“My Hero” by Donna Chadwick

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My Hero:Close your eyes. Picture a shiny, red convertible. The top is down, music of the 70’s and 80’s blaring through the speakers. The smell of marijuana lofting through a warm breeze. A beautiful, dark haired woman with tanned skin and dark sunglasses driving by without a care in the world, singing along to the radio. You can’t look away because there is something completely captivating about this lady. She smiles at you and waves as she passes by and you are left standing there in awe, wondering if that really just happened. You just saw...

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“Big Fat Freddy is Always Ready” by Cathi Sutton

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Everyone should have a neighbor like Freddy! He's the go to guy for help fixing a clogged drain. He and his wife Nan throw the best BBQs on the block. He will be out driving his snowplow way before the city crews get started, on deep snow mornings. He cuts his grass in the afternoon when everyone is up, (instead of like the neighbor on the other side, who seems to prefer to do his at the crack of dawn), and boy can Freddy dance! We got to know Freddy when we moved into our home eight years ago. Before the rented moving truck was half way unl...

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“My story” by Al-Munaim MooN

Submitted to Contest #48

My name is moon. I am from a litlle village in Bangladesh. Proffessionally I am a badminton player. My income have come from playing badminton. I play 3 months in winter. People hire me for badminton tournament. Per match they give me some money. From that i survive. When i started to playing badminton i found so many talent badminton player who can't play badminton lack of money. For our country badminton is very much expensive sports. One day i am going to dhaka by train and one old man was sitting by my side. Old man and i talk about many...

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“The Black Sheep” by Gracie Smith

Submitted to Contest #48

They call us black sheep, we are the outcasts of our families. The ones who know how to get things done because we always had to do things for ourselves. Jeff, a short man with a personality that stands taller than he ever will, and I, have always been the first call when someone's life is crashing down. I used to call him when my life came crashing down, and the last call I made was followed immediately by my arrival on his front door step. My knuckles were swollen, my face was coated in streams of blood (from a car door catching my ey...

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“Community Run” by John Meiners, Jr

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                            Community Run                                  by                           John ...

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“Kindness is not obligation but an action.” by Zexsoul .

Submitted to Contest #48

There is this guy that always helps out but no one realises about what he did, do or will do. He is so unnoticeable even when everyone knows he is there, just ignore him. He is there, collecting scraps and recyclables even though he has a proper job as cashier in a convenience store and another delivery service job. Somehow, everyone thinks he is just searching for some extra money with their rose tinted glasses. “Here you go. This is some of cans that I have,” some people that helps out with his recyclables and yet no one knows of his nam...

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“Not too busy...” by Anthony David M

Submitted to Contest #48

Travelling was a necessary evil. “How I wish I didn’t have to do so much of it?” thought Yosam, as he set out on his donkey for yet another business trip to Jerusalem. It was a circuit he did regularly, to safeguard his interests in Jerusalem and in Judea. He made sure he had supplies to last the long journey and stuffed some wine and oil too, into his carry bags, just in case. He had ensured he had taken enough money and a little more for this journey. The menace of highwaymen continued, so he packed a stout stick to ward off such marauders...

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“A person who always come in help for others ” by Chetna Kaura

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In a city named amritsar an old man live with his old wife and two young childrens. He has two sons.One child mohit and the other rohit. They fight most of the time when they were child and their this behaviour continues till they become young.Their parents were very angry with them.One day their father told them to go out for a walk.They were very happy and gone. In the way the old person (their father )told them to see all other parents children, how nice the children's treat each other .Then they both got sad about their behaviour. Later,...

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“The Witch in My Neighborhood” by Clarys J.C.B.

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There’s a witch in my neighborhood.Everyone in the neighborhood doesn’t know where she’s from, or why she even chose to come here in our small town. It just seemed like one day with no warning, a bustling old truck noisily arrived in town and with it came this strange lady with colorful hair and a ton of boxes filled with outlandish items. It just dumped her and her things in this place, where nothing exciting ever happens, and left as noisily as it came.It was the talk of the town for many weeks.I hear the old ladies gossip about it during ...

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“The Aid of Others” by Nix ♞

Submitted to Contest #48

He moans and moans. I sit there. I rub his back. Under his shirt. I rub it under his shirt. The skin feels terrible. This happens when he tries to stop. He aches, and shakes and sweats, too, and sometimes he sees things, even. I wonder if he stops seeing things, if he stops seeing me, he must, I figure. I figure, in order to see something, you have to stop seeing something else, don’t you? That’s what they call zero-sum. There’s seen, unseen, a winner, loser.Now and then I leave the room just to check, when the feeling gets big enough, ...

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“Father” by JULIET EJEZIE

Submitted to Contest #48

Father’s phone rang halting the journey of a forkful of pasta into his separated lips, the kind lady from the drugstore who was battling with cancer felt that it was her time to leave this world, her husband an unbeliever didn’t see the need for a confession but he would do anything for the beloved woman who he had known for almost half of his life. Father cast a sorry look towards mother, apologising for not having dinner with us for the fourth time this week. He took his coat which always hung on the kitchen door, an emergency coat he had ...

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“Lost” by Jessica Stokes

Submitted to Contest #48

      It was raining, in fact some might even say it was chucking it down. As if someone from above was heaving bucket after bucket of water onto the ground. It was bliss, well it was sort of bliss. Many people who traveled to the planet of Trillia went there looking for temperate weather, not whatever they were finding here today.             Walking through the cobbled streets, people bustling in and around the stands, sellers and all the plants, in o...

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“A Teacher” by Rashmi Prabhu

Submitted to Contest #48

People who have a teacher at their back and goals at their front will be successful in life. But it matters a lot that even a teacher too contributes to reach your success along with your contribution. Once a 8 year old boy who had no idea of classical dance was joined to a dance class where all of them were girls and he was the only boy in whole dance class. This boy was obviously not interested in learning dance as his interest was playing cricket but not dancing. He was forcefully joined to classes by his parents decision. He did not have...

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