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Story: The Best B-Day Present

  One distinct memory was my tenth birthday... "Happy tenth Birthday!!" Papa yelled in the morning at 12:00 am.  My father was always so excited for my birthdays. My mother on the other hand was less excited.  "Ten years ago, God cursed me," she would say. She ALWAYS wanted a son, and she often forgets that I exist. I already have a brother though. Let me explain from the beginning.  My father is married to two women. Many people have misunderstanding about historical polygamy. It's unusual, but in many cases was permitted due to war in which many men died which led to a shortage. Thus, men would marry more than once as long as they could treat them equally and the wife agreed. I have two mothers. My biological mother, Rani, had me ten years ago, and my father had a second wife, Rooafzah. Rani was jealous of Rooafzah, not only because she had to share my father with her. Also, Rooafzah gave birth to a son, my younger brother Rayan. He is thirteen now, handsome ...

Famous Last Words This Week

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    ("Writing;" Web Source: Flickr) I was only able to do one reading this week. I had a 3 exams this week and completely forgot about the assignment. I was able to read over some nursery rhymes from part B though.  My best writing was done at home and after I thought about it for a bit. I think my stories are funny and cringey which I think is something interesting. People have to comment on our stories, so why not make them interesting? They may not be the most artistic and flow beautifully. I try to make them short to keep attention but amusing. I have not really discovered a good strategy other than just getting it done. I was very careful to not be too weird in my stories. Now, I am embracing the weird.  I really enjoyed someone's project. It was about Cinderella being in jail as well as Snow White. It was unexpected which was entertaining and humorous. I think my writing is both of those. However, I think that the author did it more sophisticated than I could h...

Week 12 Nursery Rhymes Notes, Reading B

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  ("Male Pants;" Web Source:  Pxhere)   This first begins with the typical Jack and Jill nursery rhymes. The story that intrigued me the most was Simon's. Essentially they said that Simon should not wear this one suit. Does that mean that the suit is ugly? If he does not take off the suit, he will not have kids. This suit must be atrocious if she has this much to say about it. She said she would rather give someone else her crown, so I assume she is a princess. She is embarrassed with him with the suit. He loves Sylvia. He asks Sylvia to be his girl. She clearly does not want to do this. In my story, I would make it not a suit. I would make it some crazy other piece of clothing. I am still not sure what clothing exactly. It could be his pants. I would take this more literally. Obviously without a suit, he could not have children. He literally could not do that anatomically. I would try to add some humor, but I don't want to make it an inappropriate story exactly. He w...