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Personal Narrative Essay: Death Of A Loved One

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Death of a Loved One It all began on a warm July night. The air was still. Stars shone brightly in the clear sky above. Grasshoppers and frogs communicated quietly. All the mosquitoes were asleep. The grass was soft and warm. The full moon looked enormous above the house. My uncles cows moved quietly to get a drink of water. The world was at peace. At least it was, until my mom called my name. That July night, I was laying outside in the grass with Charlie. Charlie has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. We grew up together. This night, we were reading our favorite book, Junie B. Jones. I had my head on his stomach, fully prepared to fall asleep with him, like we have many times before. Before we could finish the chapter, my mom called out to me, telling me it was time to go inside. Both Charlie and I complained, but in the end my mom won and we closed the book for the night. As I was walking to the door, Charlie started to get upset. I asked him what was wrong, but he was focusing on something in the distance. I walked closer, trying to get a better look. …show more content…

That is when I saw her and my sisters on the couch. I saw them all crying and I instantly knew what was happening. “No,” I whispered to myself. I took off out of the house as fast as I could. “No no no no,” was all my brain could think. I ran straight for the part of the pasture where the cows couldn’t go. I could see them out there. Charlie was running towards my dad. I saw the gun in his hands, aiming at Charlie. Quickly I climbed the fence and ran as fast as my short legs could go, but I was too late. As I heard the gun go off, my legs collapsed and I fell to the ground. I cried as I looked up and saw my best friend, my brother, my dog lying lifelessly on the ground. When it fully occured to me that he was dead, I felt a part of me die along with

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