... the toilet seat was supposed to be because it was slimed in filth. A roach scampered out from under the seat and stared at me blankly for a second, only to scurry back to its hiding place. I quickly relieved myself and tiptoed to the sink. While cleansing my hands, the very sight of the sink made me wonder if using it would clean my hands or only contaminate them more. Globs of traveler’s toothpaste stuck to the cold water handle were teeming with ants, and clumps of hair gripped tightly to the drain. After thoroughly washing my hands under the hot water, I blindly grabbed for a paper towel from the mold cove ...

... laundry was always clean, her lunch was always packed, her dinner was always cooked, and her room was always neat. But, this work was never done by herself. She always found a way of manipulating her parents, as well as her brothers, to serving her before themselves. See what I mean when I said that she was spoiled rotten! Anyways, Princess Lauren (as far as she was concerned) had always been top priority in the O'Steen castle (if asking the rest of her family, they probably would have chosen "high mantinance" as a far more appropriate term). Then, after seventeen and a half years, the day finally came for Prin ...

... woman was suprised to see the same man looking in at her through a window. Once again he stared at her for a few seconds and then disappeared. This time the governess realized that the man was looking for someone in particular. A few minutes later the governess told the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose, of the incident and described the appearance of the man. Mrs. Grose told her that it was a perfect description of Peter Quint, the valet to the governess' employer but that Mr. Quint was dead. One afternoon shortly afterward, a second ghost appeared. This time the ghost of Miss Jessel, the former governess, appeare ...

... have for dinner." "Yes a good idea", said Mrs. Smith. Mr. Smith said "What about to serve a salmon" "Yes why not" answer The next day they make dinner together. Mr. Smith has bought the salmon. When he gets home Mrs. Smith has already begun to make the dinner. He says "I'll begin on the salmon, why don't you begin on the sauce." Mrs. Smith gets the best silver cutlery, lays the table and finds the finest table cloth in the house. What they didn't see was the cat who crawled under the table. When they are finished Mr. Smith says "I'll go and change to a suit and you can maybe take on ...

... "I'll bowl ya!" he heard the irate dishwasher yell, but the dishwasher always yelled that, and Derek had long since ceased to notice: he was already reaching for his cigarette pack. With quick, practiced movements he withdrew one of the long tubes from the cardboard package. With one hand he placed it in a precise position in his lips while the other hand was occupied with first replacing the package to his shirt pocket, then digging out a half used pack of matches from his too tight jeans. He was extremely conscious of the fluidity of his movements; lighting the cigarette with the match was the hard part, and h ...

... ended early when dismissed us an hour early. A friend and I were curious of her queer behavior and hid in the closet. For the first few seconds all seemed normal and then a minute passed. The silence was broken by her bolting out of her chair and locking all the doors and pulling all the curtains. Seating herself back into her seat she began rummaging through the duffel bag. She stopped and seemed to hesitate for a second slowly scanning the room as if to check that she was alone. She went back to her foraging and before long she had pulled from the bag a small black box. Engraved with the letters P, O, and an ...

... shopping. unfortunately mum and I were also completing our shopping at Margate on the last Saturday before christmas. Hundreds of people were in the complex. Parking was at a premium. Fortunately we went early and got a parking. We went about to complete our shopping. Shortly after midday we had just entered a jewellery shop when all of a sudden there was a tremendous explosion. My first thoughts were that it was an earthquake. My hair was standing on ends. I turned around and to my horror there were several people lying down with blood around them. Slives of glass were strewn everywhere. Babies were howling. Peopl ...

... "But that's impossible" said Mr. White "I wished him away, I wished him away from our doorstep". "But he's not at our doorstep" said Mrs. White. They looked at each other in horror and ran downstairs to fetch the monkeys paw. Mr. White picked it up in his trembling hands. "But, there is no more wishes left," said Mrs. White. "Maybe, just maybe I can squeeze out just one more wish to save us," said Mr. White. He held the monkeys paw high in the air and said, "I wish I never pulled this wretched monkeys paw out of the fire". But nothing happened, all was silent. "We can't make it go away" said Mrs. White. They bo ...

... My little sister's hamster had died while it was under my care. My parents had gone to San Fransisco for the weekend, and instead of staying at my grandparents' house like my parents recommended, I decided to stay at home. Both of my sisters went to my grandparents' house, so I had the whole house to myself. I even had some company: my sister's hamster. I was the hamster's sole caretaker. Without me, it would starve, die of thirst, or somehow find a way to escape the confines of its little cage and wreak havoc throughout my parents' house. Because I've never taken care of a hamster before, my sister had t ...

... around us like vultures circling to pick at the bones of the unfortunate loser. Realizing that the odds of me emerging alive from this mess weren't very good, I began to think of a strategy that would enable all my major organs to remain intact. I decided to use humor to defeat this barbaric beast. I must have ridiculed and made fun of myself over 200 times. I told him that even if he passed out, in a full body cast , and suffered from leprosy, he still could wipe the floor with my feeble body. I told him if he didn't disfigure me, that I would offer to be his own personal reusable toothpick for as long as he w ...