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37120c4b-0f9d-4467-ac5c-ef999e72ee70 | Hannah was feeling very stiff and inflexible. | She decided to enroll in Yoga class to improve her flexibility. | She was terrible at Yoga and for months she did not improve. | But, she decided to stick with it and keep trying. | Hannah became stiffer over time. | Hannah eventually succeeded. | 2 |
9d05fb69-73c0-4ac5-8b23-2553b48da81c | The teacher announced that there would be a pop quiz. | The students let out a collective groan. | This was the second pop quiz in a week. | As the teacher began handing out the quizzes, the fire alarm rang. | The students cheered because they were free. | The kids were mad they had to be outside. | 1 |
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7f106d09-88a1-4307-8fea-06f32a31157c | James had a birthday coming. | He wanted a hunting bow. | His mother went out and bought him one. | He forgot to ask for arrows for the bow. | He went to the sporting goods store to buy bullets. | He carved some sticks to use for makeshift arrows. | 2 |
d0703dac-4538-4a8d-87e3-67246d6ee924 | A young girl named Taylor had always wanted a pet. | One day her mother surprised her with a trip to the pet store. | They both entered the store and looked around. | Taylor had a hard time deciding which animal to adopt. | Taylor finally decided on the cute little kitten in the corner. | Taylor decided instead to go clothes shopping. | 1 |
dacbdd76-ec3a-45dd-8180-bb45899cf5bb | Zeke was throwing a Halloween party. | All his friends were dressing up. | Zeke thought about being a vampire or a wizard. | Then he decided on a scarier costume. | Zeke would dress up as a pumpkin. | Zeke dressed up like a skeleton. | 2 |
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3eeca3cb-2263-4617-8d42-89786fb986f9 | Rosie the quarter horse whinnied irritably. | Farmer Jones still had not brought her morning oats. | Feeling naughty, she snuck toward the apple orchard. | Farmer Jones didn't know about the low spot in the fence, but Rosie did! | Rosie waited patiently for Farmer Jones. | Rosie broke free to head to the orchard. | 2 |
8489a2b3-cee7-4651-828d-704b1ab51575 | Rick was at the bar when he saw a driver license on the ground. | He asked around if it was anybody's there. | Of course it wasn't, and Rick didn't want to leave it with a stranger. | So he decided to drive to the address of the license owner. | Rick threw the license out of the window. | Rick gave the license to the driver and made the driver happy. | 2 |
34505e75-67d3-47df-b140-429c87accabb | I started a diet yesterday. | I ate healthy food the entire day! | Today I saw pizza in the fridge. | My willpower broke and I ate all 5 pieces. | I felt ashamed. | I was proud of my willpower. | 1 |
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2c99419a-7247-45cc-8f63-4d423e852f5d | Stan wanted to go on an adventure with Eric. | But Eric's mom said that Eric could not come out and play. | Stan begged and pleaded, but to no avail. | Eric sneaked out of his house and knocked on Stan's window. | The two boys went out to have their adventure without hesitation. | Eric was fast asleep leaving Stan to fend for himself. | 1 |
346c8cdd-e2fa-4435-965c-42009d304774 | Greg like to throw anything he could get his hands on. | One day he threw a stone as far as he could. | It went through the window of his neighbors house. | He was scared but wanted to do the right thing. | Greg told his neighbor it was him. | Greg blamed the broken window on another boy. | 1 |
f4477125-76c2-4c75-903f-5fa9b31bebe1 | Brad went to the beach. | He made a sand castle. | He jumped into the ocean waters. | He swam with the small fish. | Brad's day went very badly. | Brad then went home after a nice day. | 2 |
1a7e5dac-96a0-4fc8-8c2f-e5edbaee45ca | Our puppy went outside to play. | He rolled in the mud, which got caught in his fur. | Once inside the house, we sent him to the bathroom. | He jumped in the tub for a bath. | We gave him a bath. | When we were finished our puppy was full of mud. | 1 |
cf5a5e9f-3af0-465d-9faf-3833a586e42e | Jerry had just learned to ride a bike and was excited to go for a ride. | He started down the street near his house when he hit a pothole. | His bike stopped immediately and flip him over it. | He lay there screaming for help with no one in sight. | Jerry's mother took twenty minutes to find him. | Jerry couldn't wait for his next bike trip. | 1 |
1cb2a8b6-8873-48a4-a778-02291cb7ca56 | I decided to pay a visit to someone I've been dating online. | I never seen her in person, but I trust her. | The airplane flight took several hours. | When I arrived at the hotel, she said she's in front. | I got on the plane and flew home. | I walked in and saw her. | 2 |
7e7704ee-3070-47e8-bde3-8ab6ba8ac305 | I hired a social media manager. | I thought they would drive more traffic to my website. | They spent most of their time reading other people's posts. | My traffic actually went down in the following month. | I decided to fire my new social media manager. | I decided to give my new social media manager a raise. | 1 |
fa0cba9c-0e7b-412e-a5ef-08065139b2dc | Sam's parents were out for the weekend. | He decided to host a party. | Many people came. | The partiers ended up trashing the house. | Sam's parents were upset they had missed the fun. | Sam was in real trouble. | 2 |
737d2e8c-d15c-4ac5-8288-01532a5f794f | Today was the first day of school. | I got to wear my new outfit that Mom bought. | I met a lot of new friends. | My favorite class is music. | I had a great time at school. | I hate school. | 1 |
5af5c599-4191-4c4a-b4a4-88c750c488f3 | Sam bought a new television. | It would not turn on. | He pressed the on button several times. | Finally Jeb came over to check it out. | Jeb turned on the microwave. | Jeb plugged the television in and it turned on. | 2 |
e92781bd-beee-4be6-ba37-0e2f7c258864 | One day Matilda was extremely bored. | So she picked a name and address out of the phone book. | She wrote a silly letter to that random person. | And the recipient wrote back to Matilda! | Matilda then got a letter from her brother. | Matilda was told to not write to them anymore. | 2 |
f9412344-ca37-4c8f-849f-62f2859905e7 | Bill and Teddy were at the bar together. | Bill noticed a pretty girl. | He went up to her to flirt but she didn't like him. | He was too drunk to talk properly. | Bill carefully added up the column of eight digit numbers. | Bill and Teddy talked loudly about how stuck up pretty girls are. | 2 |
836221b0-fba9-4482-ab9c-5b6ff86fda2c | Last night was very scary. | We had a tornado warning and terrible thunderstorms. | Unfortunately my concert for violin was not canceled. | I was required to show up but during the performance lights went out. | Nobody seemed to notice what had happened. | We could not see our sheet music. | 2 |
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dd2f07ba-4c92-41f6-873f-480173087b36 | Oliva wanted to go shopping. | She decided to go to the mall. | She found a great sale on shoes. | She bought three pairs. | Olivia decided to never go shopping again. | Oliva had a great day shopping. | 2 |
55323564-a201-4a6e-8c07-bd518babb542 | We are moving to a brand new house. | Our old house is now too small for our family. | We've packed all of our things. | I'm very excited to move to our new home. | I hate the thought of moving. | I only hope I get to choose my own bedroom. | 2 |
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f94fc6da-0162-4301-98b3-f25cfbfd2357 | Nickie had a toy doll. | She loved her doll very much. | One day she lost her doll. | Nickie cried all day. | Nickie never found the doll. | Nickie laughed all night. | 1 |
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b75bbdd2-4e05-4b93-92f8-143d3b8dd5f8 | Gary has a crush on Jamie. | He gets very nervous around her. | One day, he tried to show off in front of her. | Instead, he fell down a flight of stairs. | Gary was mad that he didn't fall down two flights of stairs. | Jamie came to the rescue and helped him. | 2 |
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09e1c076-d69a-441e-bb6a-d3d4c8268d81 | Jack had his own pencil. | It was blue with stars. | One day he couldn't find it. | He looked everywhere. | Jack decided that he hated the color blue. | He finally found it under the bed. | 2 |
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11aaa45b-8850-4eaa-8830-2885770f28d9 | John was cooking dinner last night. | He was making pork chops. | Unfortunately, he dropped a pan and burned himself. | He had to go to the hospital. | John had a wonderful evening. | John had a miserable evening. | 2 |
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8402aec8-1b97-4799-838e-53a24c126104 | Tom liked to look at old cars. | For his birthday, his family got him tickets to a classic car museum. | Tom thought it was a wonderful gift. | His family accompanied him to the museum. | Tom loved his time at the museum. | Tom told his parents he hated them. | 1 |
06fb6922-d4c4-440c-9830-4ceccd1eacfc | Johnny takes a trip down the stairs at his home. | Now Johnny has a bruised knee. | His mom comforts him. | Eventually Johnny feels better. | Johnny cries for an hour. | Johnny is more careful on the stairs from now on. | 2 |
21f7ff4d-129a-499d-b881-6da07a4c3e2b | Mike is a busy man. | He often eats fast food for breakfast. | Mike wanted to enjoy a healthier breakfast. | He tried an overnight oatmeal recipe. | Mike ate the oatmeal. | Mike was ashamed of what he had done. | 1 |
49582a49-fbcf-43e2-b1f2-843ab55d2491 | My teacher showed us how to build a wooden bird house. | Everyone began to start on the experiment. | I tried connecting the borders with nails. | I ended up hitting my finger with the hammer. | I was very happy that I had been building wooden bird houses. | I went to the hospital to fix my finger that I had broken. | 2 |
6b79193e-0b29-4594-be27-f0a478c41fcc | Josh liked watching anime TV shows. | When he criticized one of them, its fans got angry with him. | Josh didn't understand why they couldn't accept criticism. | Josh kept his opinions to himself. | Josh then decided to watch anime by himself. | Josh enjoys watching anime with others. | 1 |
98312c32-8eea-43ec-a522-0dbdaf5a5fca | John loves to eat at buffets. | They are his favorite because he gets to eat as much as he wants. | There was this great buffet right near his apartment he would go to. | He found out that they went out of business last week. | John was glad to see it go. | John was sad to hear the news. | 2 |
293b2d9c-6aa5-4237-9d3a-e375bd92ae58 | Jimbo has been working at the same job for Years. | He always takes his smoke break at the same time. | This week they got a new boss. | The new boss doesn't allow smoke breaks. | Jimbo is pleased his boss does not allow smoking. | Jimbo sneaks into a back room to smoke. | 2 |
7b243674-c555-4b75-a0da-489e89909703 | Lester was infatuated with Christina. | He was a photographer and she was a graphic designer. | Lester spent all his free time with Christina. | Finally, she said she loved him and wanted children with him. | Lester asked her to marry him. | Lester never talked to her again. | 1 |
5829ddaa-59cc-4bf4-96fc-ae78f74bc477 | I decided I needed to finish a Sunday crossword. | I turned off my computer so I wouldn't cheat. | I turned off the TV so I wouldn't be distracted. | I opened the paper to the Leisure section. | I read a fascinating article. | I finished the entire crossword puzzle in one hour. | 2 |
c0b88368-7866-4e13-8781-28b92322eab1 | I thought about getting a new hat for my head. | After looking through images, I picked one out. | This hat is going to be amazing! | I quickly went to the store to purchase the hat. | Sadly it made me look like a potato. | The shirt fit perfectly. | 1 |
9e4bd3fc-71e8-4f2a-b5b9-9f1897fb298d | Julia baked a cake. | When it had cooled, she was ready to frost it. | She covered it in pink frosting. | Then, she made little frosting flowers. | The cake looked bad because she put no work into it. | After finishing, her cake looked very tasty. | 2 |
9bedc73a-bd04-4a08-9d93-d6da9dd33991 | Whit has a dog. | It sleeps all the time. | It doesn't just sleep like a normal dog. | It snores like a human. | White doesn. | Whit doesn't sleep well. | 2 |
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3309982d-6c74-429e-b45c-68412831b4a1 | Today was Pinwheels for Peace Day. | My teacher took the class towards the front of the school. | Everyone planted pinwheels near the stop. | When we looked at the wheels from afar, they were spinning. | Our teacher told us to go back and remove the pinwheels. | Our teacher took a photo of the pinwheels. | 2 |
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1cfe77d3-b1b2-4e00-bcda-2afb98c8968b | Mia had never tried falafel. | She didn't think she would like it. | However, her friends talked her into trying it. | She realized it was delicious! | Mia vowed never to eat it again. | Mia liked it so much she decided to learn how to make it. | 2 |
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53756438-d5bd-45a6-83b0-5dc4ca78a5cc | Jake was trying to fall asleep. | He had an important test tomorrow. | He rolled around in his bed all night. | He tried drinking a big glass of warm milk. | Jake fell asleep after drinking the milk. | Jake then drank a cup of coffee to stay awake. | 1 |
6ead3cd4-e1a7-4ca8-a93a-f0fd32390bf7 | I was walking through the park one day. | I noticed a man sitting by himself. | I walked up to him and asked how he was. | He told me about how he was very ill and sad. | I listened and told him I hoped he felt better. | I decided to listen to my ipod. | 1 |
5cf80e19-8050-4d98-9a1d-b863be3e9f60 | Joe was interested in Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. | He watched several documentaries about Einstein. | Then, he read a book on the Theory of Relativity. | Joe learned quite a lot about Einstein's scientific achievements. | He could not wait for his advanced physics class to start. | Joe practiced his kick and was accepted into the soccer team. | 1 |
d0cc2b2d-106a-4255-a946-cddb42b76b47 | Bonnie needed a new job. | She searched the newspaper employment section. | She found a listing for a job as a nanny. | She called the listed number to arrange an interview. | Bonnie called to say she didn't want an interview. | Bonnie got the job eventually. | 2 |
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f6e2f4f5-0cfc-458f-95ce-aab93e029ee7 | Rae's family sat down for Sunday lunch. | Rae's brother accidentally spilled his drink. | Rae's stepfather yelled and threw his plate across the room. | Rae watched the plate shatter into a million pieces. | Rae went to fetch a broom. | Rae asked his brother for the name of his plumber. | 1 |
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850f4d4d-0fb3-404a-9113-1197a4a3fe4a | The kids were very excited about christmas. | They have been good all year. | They sent a letter to Santa. | Santa responded back in the mail. | They framed the letters and kept them for years, | The letter stated they would be getting no gifts. | 1 |
26e0a6ee-7898-4d22-9380-0a22e6e5e2f3 | I was feeling ill. | I scheduled a doctor's appointment. | I went to see the doctor. | He ran some tests. | I found out I had the flu. | I told the doctor I didn't need his services. | 1 |
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982d24ef-9aad-48f1-8c8d-c84b60739868 | Tim and Gina both hated doing the dishes. | They would each alternate which week to do them. | Last week Gina wasn't able to get to hers. | She had been working longer hours than usual. | Gina was very happy. | Tim did the dishes for Gina to be kind. | 2 |
7ae05a54-6738-46a7-8af7-5d049dc8f592 | Timmy asked his mother for a pet. | She told him that she could not afford to buy him one. | Timmy was sad but he understood what his mother said. | The next day, Timmy found a turtle in the creek. | Timmy asked his mom if he could keep that as a pet instead. | Timmy's family had turtle soup. | 1 |
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ac74847e-5380-4cd9-a055-938a7f157e82 | Gina was searching for her phone in her dad's car. | She was sure it would be there. | But after checking everywhere she couldn't see it. | She ran in the house and grabbed a flashlight. | Gina found her phone. | Gina went to bed. | 1 |
bf150607-566f-47f3-b180-49d4d5f87cb8 | Sarah had an appointment to interview for a job. | She put on her best skirt suit and headed to the interview. | As she sat at the interview, Sarah noticed a run in her stockings. | She was so focused on the flaw, she merely mumbled her replies. | Because of her replies, Sarah didn't get the job. | Sarah got the job and was praised for her clear voice. | 1 |
bfd0edee-8c7b-4b44-afb2-f9620e89a07b | Linda and her boyfriend were hungry. | She wanted to eat tacos. | He wanted to eat fish. | They both felt powerful, and couldn't decide what to eat between them. | Linda and her boyfriend ended up getting both. | Linda and her boyfriend didn't want to eat. | 1 |
b4c29adb-5bc8-41de-96cb-be694a0a7714 | Morris buys himself a skateboard to stay active. | He brings the skateboard to the park for a day of skateboarding. | He notices that he is much older than the other people there. | However, they welcome him, and they don't seem to mind his age. | Morris was bullied everyday at the skate park. | The younger skaters taught Morris a lot of tricks. | 2 |
3823e668-4a55-4c3d-a37a-544245f21eb5 | Ron liked to drink a lot of beer. | His dad and his mom were both alcoholics. | Ron decided it was best if he didn't drink anymore. | He finally quit after 6 months. | Ron was proud of the decision he made. | However, Ron still went out drinking with his friends. | 1 |
364ff78a-b959-4051-b50b-29d480ba0661 | Jane wanted long hair. | So she let it grow for months and months. | But it became difficult to take care of. | And when it was summer, hair long hair made her too hot. | Jane decided to cut her hair short for summer. | Jane loved her long hair and grew it even longer. | 1 |
0e92d1ba-0e2e-4052-99b7-d26a811da4b8 | Alex awoke to bright sunlight. | She looked at her clock alarm. | She realized she must have overslept! | Alex jumped out of bed. | She was late for school. | She went back to sleep. | 1 |
9e103dc9-b08b-4249-be00-28525dbd972b | I was eating lunch with friends at a new place. | I asked for a Coke. | They told me they only had Pepsi products. | They asked me if I was fine with that. | I said i was fine with that. | I asked for a Coke again. | 1 |
7182496d-38b5-4af9-bef1-08bc329b5aba | Carl was in Florida and enjoying the day in his house. | He was watching tv and out of no where an alert popped up. | The alert warn the residents of a chance there will be a tsunami. | Carl was scared and began evacuating. | Carl was able to reach a shelter before the storm hit. | He changed his mind and returned to watching TV. | 1 |
b67726eb-80bd-47d0-a32a-9296cd263744 | We woke up this morning to light snow falling. | We're excited that school is cancelled for the day. | Everyone went outside to play in the snow. | We built a snowman and used a carrot for the nose. | We had a boring day. | We found rocks to use for his eyes and mouth. | 2 |
f4aeb79d-acf1-475a-9c31-b9cfd8bc54f6 | A squirrel had been visiting Joe's backyard. | It would get a few feet from Joe then scurry away. | Joe was trying to get it to take a peanut from his hand. | One day the squirrel finally did. | Joe was very frustrated. | Joe was happy. | 2 |
c2f3ba17-ee83-4837-b341-68055e9bbca5 | Arnold bought a new television. | He paid cash. | After a couple of weeks it stopped working. | He tried to return it but had lost his receipt. | Arnold was not allowed to return the television. | Arnold kept and loved his television. | 1 |
2ad983c5-5074-4d10-acca-e98b9fceb09b | Eric was barely a day over 21. | But he already had a drinking problem. | Eric woke up and yelped the nearest bar. | He hopped in his car half asleep and headed to the place. | Pretty soon, he was drunk and passed out at the bar. | Eric really enjoyed this new bowling alley, he realized. | 1 |
f0404412-c6a4-4467-bf56-59629753a81a | Ellie was at dancing as hard as she could at a new club. | All of a sudden she realized she felt an unusual breeze. | The seam of her pants in the back had ripped all the way open. | She quickly backed off the dance floor. | Ellie continued to dance. | Ellie had to find a new pair of pants quick. | 2 |
44327158-49bc-42fd-992e-84eeca8734a6 | Driving home from work the other day I got a flat tire. | It was rainy and cold out. | I could have called the towing company but chose not to. | Instead I changed the tire myself. | I was miserable but saved a ton. | I was miserable that he had fun. | 1 |
23866dc5-7c69-4471-aad5-e85d636afafe | I found my shoes uncomfortably stiff. | I went out and bought some new shoes. | I tried to break them in over time. | They still felt too stiff for me. | The shoes gave me blisters. | I happily played tennis in my new, uncomfortable shoes. | 1 |