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 * My first cross-country race was very .....painful, but I loved it. Even though the huffing, puffing, and grunting because of my side cramps. When you try to breathe after going up a long steep hill, you start to wheeze, or make crackling noises. The best part of the race is the final mile when you hear the crowd screaming..... YAHHHH, WHOO-HOO, yippee, and lots more. You also hear other runners moaning or even crying. But I still love to run. A saying I had heard went something like this. "My sport is your punishment",that is very true. People have to run just a couple of laps if they get in trouble and they hate it. Well I run miles just for fun. Well that is my story of x-country. The End**
 * By: Meagan Giddens**

The abandoned Island

 * This year me and my family are going on a vacation to a beautiful island. Now we are on the boat heading to the island. But during the trip a storm came and wrecked the ship and everyone was dumped into the water. My family was separated during the storm. My parents floated to safety. ( I think ). My brother Tim and I got stuck in a current and drifted to an abandoned island. The minute we got there we checked ourselves for injuries, but we were okay. Then we searched for food and fresh water to drink. When we stumbled across a man. But this man was dead, nothing but bones. I jumped back and almost tinkled in my pants by the shock of the dead man. Beside the dead man was a flare gun. Tim grabbed the gun and we ran-back to the shore. we were so scared. we did not want to end up like the dead man. So Tim shot the gun in the air.It was quite beautiful, except the fact we were stranded on an abandoned island. We waited and waited. We were starving. Then we heard a honking sound. HONK! HONK! HONKKK! We looked out at the sea to see a boat. Yeah we are saved. The wait.. I see mom and dad in the ship with the other sailors. When they pulled up we ran and hugged our parents. So we all got into the boat to sail away. Tim and I looked back to see the horrible abandoned island, and saw a man, the dead same man we took the gun from.He was waving good-bye to us with a smile on his face then disappeared. Tim and I looked at each other with confused and astonished faces, but we both new what just had happened.**
 * The End**