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Sweet Shop Short Story

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Then the five of us left the school and went toward the sweet-shop. As we walk to the door my heart starts pounding faster. What will mama and papa say? The sweet-shop is right in front of us and I chicken out. Mrs. Pratchett is slouching behind the counter as usual, with her grimy fingernails, and her mouth looked as if she ate the sourest lemon the ever was. I stopped in my tracks and frantically reached in my pocket and shoved the mouse at Thwaites. “I can’t do it you go,” I whispered into his ear. They stared at me with wide, surprised eyes. I opened the door to the sweet-shop, before we even discussed our master plan. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion from my four friends furiously shaking their heads to Mrs. Pratchett’s face turning …show more content…

We quickly scrambled to the exit while laughing our heads off. Except for Thwaites. He was staring at me with a vengeful expression. His eyes were like a crows, beady and scary. His nose was wrinkled as if he had smelled a stinky sock. He yelled at me, “Why didn’t you say earlier that you were to scared? You’re such a loser, you chickened out huh.” The next day at school he never spoke to me, and being the leader of my group of friends, nobody else spoke to me either. I learned my lesson, to never give in to peer pressure. If your friends want you to do something or you are scared of them being upset at you, simply tell them that you won’t do it. I call them over and decide to tell them. I say that I threw the rat out on purpose, because I did not want to do it. Imagine the consequences if we did. After saying all that I had to say they just stood there. I was so confused at how to react, but someone finally said something, it was the best answer I could hope for. One of my friends said I was right. That we should not do this. I smile d and felt very thankful. After that one person said something everyone started to say the same

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