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The Group of Frogs

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were traveling through the forest when two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them. However, the two frogs ignored their comrades and proceeded to try to jump out of the pit. However, despite their efforts, the group of frogs at the top of the pit were still saying that they should just give up as they’d never make it out. Eventually, one of the frogs took heed of what the others were saying and he gave up, jumping even deeper to his death. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the group of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and to just die. He ignored them, and jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf, and that he thought they were encouraging him the entire time. Moral of the story: People’s words can have a huge effect on the lives of others. T...
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Mass Murderer Me – A Short Story

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                    I don’t think of myself as hard or mean-spirited, just as someone who can take care of business when difficult times and tasks arise. Was a day when I thought the violence in my life was a thing of the past and my stint as a sniper in Vietnam could be relegated to history. I’m not proud of my country’s role in that struggle, but I endured it, and I share culpability for a war that should never have been, a war which could have been avoided had more of our country’s finest burned their draft cards. My younger brother, Dan, knew we were wrong back in the day. I was short-sighted. When I returned from Vietnam, I tried to re-assimilate the culture I’d left, but I had been altered irrevocably, and I could do nothing to change that. After being branded as a Vietnam vet, I lived under a stigma. A different set of reactions and skills and approaches were ascribed to and expe...
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