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    “You stopped working on what you found altogether?” Thalia asked, unable to believe anyone could spend so many years working on something and then just set it aside like that, unfinished. “Well, we found a great number of objects,” her father explained. “I have continued working on the first section of the site. But no, I haven’t worked on that last section at all. I haven’t...haven’t been able to,” he finished, his voice a near whisper. “Oh, I am so sorry, Papa. I didn’t mean to bring up painful

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    we would miss the flight. My dad quickly carries down everyone’s luggage, putting it by the door. With only a matter of minutes to spare, everyone grabs their luggage and runs out the door. My parents help my sister and I put our luggage into the trunk and everyone grabs their seat in the car. As the car engines fires up, everyone makes a last minute check, making sure they have everything, especially their

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    Need A Tree Removed? Know What Will Happen Trees do a great job at adding color to a home’s landscaping. Unfortunately, it’s possible that you have a tree growing in your yard that needs to be cut down. The tree could be at risk of falling onto a nearby house, in the way of utility lines, or sick and need to be removed. You’ll need to hire professional help to have the tree trimmed or removed in these situations. Here is what you should expect when you have to deal with this problem. Tree Inspection

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    hear birds chirping and faint sounds of trees rustling from the light breeze as I was walking. The first thing I noticed was the sign that said “Glass Island” and the bushes surrounding it. I bent down to touch the pieces of tree trunk scattered on the ground. The tree trunk left my fingers fascinated, for it was a texture I've never felt before. Squinting my

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    It was 3017, and life has never gotten this difficult. Ever since the Gem was stolen, our Kingdom has fallen apart. The once tall, magnificent redwood trees protecting wildlife and hope now wither, with its discolored, curling leaves piled on the ground surrounding them. The distant sun situates our kingdom in a bath of darkness most of the day. Now, it was my job to save the kingdom. President Huckleberry, leader of the kingdom, selected me to go on an expedition to retrieve the gem. My eyelids

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    The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is basically a Starbucks clone chain, kind of new-ish to the Bay Area, apparently originating in L.A. and slowly creeping its way north and east over the last couple of decades. I don 't know about any of the other locations, as this is the only one I 've been to, but I 'd rate it as maybe slightly better than Starbucks overall, but with worse coffee. This particular location is between 4th and 5th along Market, an area surprisingly not well supplied by coffee shops

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    ’”(122) In the book speak there are many examples of symbolism. The one that stands out the most is the tree as it is mentioned very frequently in almost every chapter of the book. It represents that growth that she goes through as a character from the beginning of the book to the end and her mental recovery after the traumatic event of being raped. The different representations we see of the tree correspond with the state she is in and the emotions she is feeling at that part in the book. When she

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    small, triangular gouges in the trunk of every seven or five or three trees. The ease in which his hatchet cut marks into the limbs of each tree excited Laurence. With each successive mark, Laurence felt his life made all the more significant. Without conscience effort, the marks he made in each tree became deeper and more damaging. Some three hundred yards from the edge of the forest’s wall, Laurence, thinking once more his mother, hacked away at a singular tree until he

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    Hiroshige Plum Garden

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    When I first look at Hiroshige’s Plum Garden at Kameido, 1857, I see a grove of flowering trees, with a fence in the background to keep visitors off the lush green grass. The main focal point of this photo is the large tree branch in the foreground. This branch has several offshoots from it with dainty white flowers. Looking past this I see several other trees in the background, all with flowers blooming on them, but none with leaves. In the farthest background, there is a metal fence that is separating

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    seeing him or her smile.In Silverstein's book, The Giving Tree, there is a tree and boy that would "play" with each other. But as the boy would grow up he would move on in his teen life and he would forget about the tree unless he needed help or something from it, and the tree happily would give the boy anything it had that he would need.In the book The Giving Tree, the author uses symbolism to represent a mother figure to a child. The tree would play with the boy when it was young at it would keep

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