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#9431voted by our readers
By Hedgehoglover10 SILVER
Evergreen, Colorado

"Scratch, scritch" I heard excited howling as I ran down my driveway to the  car. The hot, summery air blew gently against my face.Today I was getting a puppy! Th...
Hedgehoglover10 SILVER, Evergreen, Colorado
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is too short to be anyone but yourself.


#9432 Nonfiction
By AllisonU BRONZE
Lafayette, Colorado
AllisonU BRONZE, Lafayette, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#9433 Nonfiction
alme3 DIAMOND, Double Oak, Texas
98 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love is friendship set on fire." -Jeremy Taylor

#9434 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
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By Tiger_Lil SILVER
Osterville, Massachusetts
Tiger_Lil SILVER, Osterville, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I have loved words and I have hated them and I have made them right."- The Book Thief: By Markus Zusak

#9436 Nonfiction
iDaReToDrEaM13 SILVER, Sharon Springs, New York
7 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.&quot;<br /> Confucius

#9437 Nonfiction
By mhaynes BRONZE
Reading, Massachusetts
mhaynes BRONZE, Reading, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Alyssalicious BRONZE
Whittier, California
Alyssalicious BRONZE, Whittier, California
3 articles 13 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are one.&quot;<br /> ~JK Rowling

#9440 Nonfiction
IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &#039;happy&#039;. They told me I didn&#039;t understand the assignment. I told them they didn&#039;t understand life