A Daily Adventure by Joseph Davis
One day a boy was walking through the forest. While he was trotting along, he heard a loud booming voice. The boy went to where the voice was coming from and found an arena the size of a fortress. While he was walking up, he saw a burly man lolling at the entrance. The boy saw him and tried to sneak by the man, but tripped with a thud. The sound woke the man up from his slumber. When he got up, he saw the kid sitting on the ground wiping the mud off his face. "What are you trying to do here boy? ," said the man, in a stern voice. "I was j-just trying to see what was going on in t-there," said the boy nervously. "Well if you'd want to get in, you either have to be a knight or have three gold pieces. And by the looks of you, you haves neither," the man said. With that thought, he picked up the kid, walked over to the hay stack nearby and dropped him in it.
While the man walked away, the boy thought of
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When he found one he went back to where the armor was and put it in the bag and walk back home. When he got home, his father was there, but he didn't act like himself. "F-father? ," the son asked nervously, but, no reply. He walked over to his father, but, it wasn't him, it was another man, lanky but muscular. "Sir," asked the boy ", where is my father?" "Your father isn't here kid," said the scrawny man ", he went off on a little 'adventure' he'll be back sooner than later,". "Can I go," asked the boy. " You do whatever you want, as long as it doesn't involve me," said the man leaning back in the chair. The boy went out back to get some wood logs. When he found a couple of logs, the boy cut them into foot long stilts. He attached one leather straps on to each stilt. After that, he wiped off the dirt from the suit of armor. Then, he tried on the stilts and put on the armor over it, this armor is terribly heavy, thought the boy, how can knights even
Indigenous Identity Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road is a story of two friends, Xavier Bird and Elijah Weesegeechak, who volunteer to join the Canadian army and fight in the First World War. Both of them are Cree aboriginals from northern Ontario. Even though Xavier has a different personality from Elijah, they become best friends. Xavier is a shy person who is proud of his Cree identity while Elijah is more assimilated into the white Canadian society because he spends most of his childhood in Christian school. The story is told from a male perspective, Xavier, and a female perspective her aunt, Niska.
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Scott-Maxwell, F. (1979). The measure of my days. New York: Penguin Books. The Measure of My Days is an autobiography by Florida Scott-Maxwell, which she had written in her eighties.
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Save my kingdom. " Tears rolled down his chubby cheeks and into his graying stubble. The knight stood up, bowing to Lord
But Jason (not for the first time ) did not heed to his parents warning and went out to the town square. Surprisingly it was empty as the walked around he saw two tall guards wearing red coats armed with muskets and tall hats. One of them told him to go away back to his home and he did so. Later at night his parents were talking on this hard
Journal Day Entry Two While having a long great discussion with my girlfriend about a topic that I would have never come across my mind, it was about further education. It is true, there are many different ways to receive education for example, trade school, online, university, community college, junior college, or even military. Out of all that was mentioned earlier, the most popular forms of education is online, going to a university or a community college, or even joining the military. It is unusual to me to hear about junior and trade school.
Moreover, one time, a thief threatens the boy with a knife at his throat. The father decides to shoot and attack the man immediately. He says to the boy, “My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touches you.”
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How did you become the person who you are today? Each one of us takes personal pathways in life. Many outside forces become positive or negative forces which through cause and effect, change who we are for better or worse. Do you believe that you can achieve all that you set out to achieve? Joseph Campbell lays out his concept of the legend's excursion that each hero encounters on his own particular path.
The letter was an invitation to a ball at the palace that night. The princess was looking for a man to marry. It was Cinderfella’s big chance to leave. “Cinderfella, who was at the door?” asked his step-father. “a mail carrier, father.
Knights armor was very heavy about 30-40 pounds. One disadvantage
A boy walk through the jungle with each step he feels pebble of sweat dripping off his back down to his leg. He walks pass the same banana tree five without notice. Then he sees a pair of eye looking at him glowing through the bushes. He squint in disbelief, the eyes grow larger the boy take a step back tripping over a branch he falls to the floor as he looks up he sees a panther looking over him, he is stun. The panther paw press on his neck it leans in and opens its jaw wide to engorge the first taste.
One cannot exist without the other. Although doubt can be mistaken as a barrier in a situation, it acts as a tool that strengthens faith. As the story goes on, the father makes it clear that he feels it is his god given mission to protect the boy at all costs. The man says “My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God.
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